Add a rule that keeps highlighting cells as the data changes, rather than colouring the ones that match today
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Excel Instance excelInstance | variable | Required | Not set | |
Sheet Name sheetName | string | Optional | Not set | Leave empty for the first sheet |
Range range | string | Optional | Not set | The cells the rule watches, such as B2:B500 |
Highlight ruleType | enum | Optional | cellIs | cellIscontainsTextcontainsErrorscontainsBlankstop10aboveAveragecolorScaledataBar |
Where the value is operator | enum | Optional | greaterThan | greaterThangreaterThanOrEquallessThanlessThanOrEqualequalnotEqualbetweennotBetweenShown when ruleType = cellIs |
Value value1 | expression | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = cellIs |
And value2 | expression | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = cellIs |
Text text | expression | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = containsText |
How Many rank | number | Optional | 10 | Shown when ruleType = top10 |
Bottom Instead of Top bottom | boolean | Optional | false | Shown when ruleType = top10 |
Treat as a Percentage percent | boolean | Optional | false | Shown when ruleType = top10 |
Above Average aboveAverage | boolean | Optional | true | Shown when ruleType = aboveAverage |
Fill Colour fillColor | string | Optional | Not set | Defaults to Excel's pale red Shown when ruleType = cellIs / containsText / containsErrors / containsBlanks / top10 / aboveAverage |
Font Colour fontColor | string | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = cellIs / containsText / containsErrors / containsBlanks / top10 / aboveAverage |
Low Colour minColor | string | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = colorScale |
High Colour maxColor | string | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = colorScale |
Bar Colour barColor | string | Optional | Not set | Shown when ruleType = dataBar |
Compatibility
WindowsLinuxAttendedUnattended
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