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To help identify issues faster I am trying to add conditional formatting for column Z to turn red if the amount in that column is greater than the amount in the columns AA or AB and only if column AA or AB is not 0.

I tried the following after putting “Z2:Z” for the Apply to range and “Custom formula is” for the Format rules:

=OR(Z2>AA2, Z2>AB2)

Also, I am starting from row 2 as row 1 contains the headers.

But I can not figure out how to specify the not 0 part for both column AA and AB.

This feels like it should be a pretty basic formula but I am bit rusty on my functions/statements.

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Try:

=OR(AND(Z2>AA2,AA2<>0), AND(Z2>AB2,AB2<>0))
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  • Pretty close, I reckon, but the OP says "and only if column AA or AB is not 0." So as I read it... for example, it's not just if (Z>AA and AA<>0), but it's if AB<>0.
    – Tedinoz
    Mar 20, 2022 at 11:34
  • A suggestion: =OR(AND(Z2>AA2,AA2<>0,AB2<>0), AND(Z2>AB2,AB2<>0,AA2<>0))
    – Tedinoz
    Mar 20, 2022 at 11:38
  • Thank you both, this worked out perfectly.
    – AMN52
    Mar 21, 2022 at 15:32

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