Here is a quick & awesome way to make your dashboards sexy. Add an on / off switch to your conditional formats.
Take a look at this demo to understand what I mean:
How to add on/off switch to conditional formatting
The trick is to use stop if true feature in your conditional formatting rules screen.
Let’s say you have a few rules in your CF.
- Set up a form control check box to toggle the conditional formats
- Link it to a cell, let’s say $H$2
- Set up a new conditional formatting rule that checks for =NOT($H$2)
- No need to set any formatting options for this.
- Move this rule to the top in conditional formatting manage rules screen
- Check stop if true option for this new rule.
- You are done. If your user unchecks the form control, the conditional formats won’t be applied.
Related: Introduction to conditional formatting.
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Click here to download the example workbook. Examine the conditional formatting rules to learn how to do this.
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Do you set up on/off switches for CF?
In most of my dashboards, I have something similar. These will help declutter the report.
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You can also plot 2 or more Y axes in Excel using EZplot or Multy_Y from Office Expander.com
There is a demo version to try.
Cheers.