Formula for Multiple Criteria in Conditional Formatting

**excelheaven** · 08-31-2012, 01:40 PM

What formula would I use with conditional formatting if I want to highlight all the cells in column B based on column A cells having duplicate data, but only if column B cells do not have duplicate data input. For example:

A B
Joe Smith Matched
Joe Smith Pending
Mary Sue Pending
Mary Sue Pending
Betty H Matched
Betty H Matched

In this example I want column B to be highlighted for only Joe Smith since he has a "Matched" and "Pending" status.

**Ace_XL** · 08-31-2012, 01:46 PM

try..

=COUNTIFS($A$1:$A$6,A1,$B$1:$B$6,B1)=1
format --colour

**excelheaven** · 08-31-2012, 02:39 PM

That unfortunately did not work. It highlighted cells but not based on the criteria I need. There are about 6500 duplicated lines and each name has either "Matched" or "Pending" in the other column. I need to only select the rows that have duplicated names with a "Matched" on one row and "Pending" status on the other duplicated row.

**Ace_XL** · 08-31-2012, 02:44 PM

Works for me..see attached.

You'd have to adjust ranges as per your data

**excelheaven** · 08-31-2012, 03:04 PM

could you please explain the formula to me so I understand how it's created for future reference?

**Ace_XL** · 08-31-2012, 03:09 PM

The formula calculates count of values that meet criteria in Column A as well as Column B concurrently

Hence, a duplicate name with the same 'status' will get counted as 2. However, a duplicate name with differing status will get counted as one each and will meet the criteria (See =1 at end of formula), hence get highlighted

**excelheaven** · 08-31-2012, 03:54 PM

Thank you again...I really appreciate your help. This saved me hours of time

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