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Old May 24th, 2010, 08:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Steve Dunn
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Default Help with a formmula change in a "flag" parameter!

Hi Dan, I've been called many things so Ron didn't really bother me, and I
have a lot of respect for Ron de Bruin (whom, I presume, you were thinking
of).

The only part of the formula which deals with the number of workdays added
is:

10+35*(LEFT(N4,6)="Hudson")

which can only result in 10 or 45.

A comparison such as (a=b) when combined with other values (in an Excel
formula) results in either 0 or 1, representing FALSE or TRUE. So the
number of days added would either be 10+35*0 = 10 when the first 6
characters of N4 are not "Hudson", or 10+35*1 = 45 when they are. There are
no other possibilities here.

If your holiday list AA4:AA12 was long enough I would have said the problem
lay in it's content, but, since it isn't, the only other thing I can think
of is: Do you really want TODAY() in your formula, or should that refer to
some other date? Remember that TODAY() will update every time the workbook
is opened/recalculated.

HTH
Steve D.



"Danny Boy" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the name thing Steve. I don't mind Fred however lol.

Thanks for the formula update. The only thing I notice however is that the
"Return Referral Form to Referent" flag for all Hudson classes is now
occuring after day 63, as opposed to after day 45. The triggering of this
flag for classes other than Hudson is working correctly however.
Suggestion
for what I need to adjust so that all Hudson classes (identified in Column
N)
trigger the "Return Referral Form to Referent" after day 45. Again thank
you
so much for your help!

Dan or Fred

"Steve Dunn" wrote:

Ok Fred, here you go:

=IF((H4="")+(K4""),"",IF(S4="Sent","Client Failed to Enroll on Time",
IF((K4="")*(TODAY()WORKDAY(H4,10+35*(LEFT(N4,6)=" Hudson"),
AA4:AA12)), "Return Referral Form to Referent","")))



"Danny Boy" wrote in message
...
I think I'm dumb Ron (lol). For some reason I'm having difficulty
inserting
that change and getting it to work. If you wouldn't mind, could you
spell
the
whole formula out (using the change you just gave me) so I can merely
copy
and paste?

MUCH THANKS!!!!

Dan

"Steve Dunn" wrote:

LEFT(N4,6)="Hudson"

instead of

N4="Hudson Sat. & Sun."



"Danny Boy" wrote in message
...
Your formula worked perfectly Ron!

One final question however..............Usually our class is "Hudson
Sat.
&
Sun.", however, sometimes our classes are "Hudson Sat", or "Hudson
Sun".
Is
there a way of using a wild card in the formula, so that any class
in
Column
N which is a Hudson class (regardless of Sat, Sun, or Sat & Sun) can
trigger
the 45 day flag as you set up?

Thanks so much!

Dan

"Steve Dunn" wrote:

you could use:

=IF(H4="","",IF(K4"","",IF(S4="Sent","Client Failed to Enroll on
Time",
IF(AND(K4="",TODAY()WORKDAY(H4,IF(N4="Hudson Sat. & Sun.",45,10),
AA4:AA12)), "Return Referral Form to Referent",""))))

but this (imho) is a little tidier:

=IF((H4="")+(K4""),"",IF(S4="Sent","Client Failed to Enroll on
Time",
IF((K4="")*(TODAY()WORKDAY(H4,10+35*(N4="Hudson Sat. & Sun."),
AA4:AA12)), "Return Referral Form to Referent","")))




"Danny Boy" wrote in message
...
The formula I have below in Column R works just fine. It creates
a
flag
for
me (in Column R) that lets me know one of two things: “Client
Failed
to
Enroll on Time”, and “Return Referral Form to Referent”. Here is
that
formula:

=IF(H4="","",IF(K4"","",IF(S4="Sent","Client Failed to Enroll
on
Time",IF(AND(K4="",TODAY()WORKDAY(H4,10,AA4:AA12) ),"Return
Referral
Form
to
Referent",""))))

The one change (addition) that I’d like to make, is this:

If Column N is toggled to say “Hudson Sat. & Sun.”, than I’d
like
the
following portion of the formula above to change:

TODAY()WORKDAY(H4,45,AA4:AA12))

Please note, that the only change in the string of formula above
is
the
reference to when the flag “Return Referral Form to Referent” is
triggered.
In the original formula, this flag triggers in 10 days (excluding
holidays
and weekends) from the date of the referral (which we identify in
column
H).
If Column N is toggled to say “Hudson Sat. & Sun.”, than I want
to
EXTEND
the
length of time in which this flag would trigger (making it
trigger
at
45
days-as opposed to 10). The 45 days would continue to exclude
weekends
and
holidays as was true with the 10 day parameter.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Dan