conditionnal formating on a column based on a seperate look up column

Question

I have a column called ETA in my SharePoint list, and I would like to apply conditional formatting based on the value of another column. The other column is a lookup column called Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expiry_x0020_Date, which pulls data from a date field.

What I want is for the ETA column to change colors based on the date in the Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expiry_x0020_Date column:

• If the date is less than 60 days away, I want ETA to be RED.
• If the date is between 61 and 90 days away, I want ETA to be YELLOW.
• If the date is more than 90 days away, I want ETA to be GREEN.

However, when I try to apply these conditions, the Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expiry_x0020_Date column is not appearing in the list of available choices. Could this be because it's a lookup column?

Answer 1

There seems to be something not right happing. All my cells are red with no more date value.

Answer 2

Hi @Senneville, Danielle (Horne-CCR - CA) ,

Yes, lookup columns cannot be displayed in conditionnal formating.

To achieve the desired conditional formatting, you can use the following JSON formatting example for the ETA column:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "[$Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expir.lookupValue]",
  "style": {
    "background-color": "=if(Date([$Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expir.lookupValue]) - @now <= 5184000000, '#ff0000', if((Date([$Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expir.lookupValue]) - @now <= 7776000000) && (Date([$Permits_x003a_Permit_x0020_Expir.lookupValue]) - @now >= 5184000000), '#ffff00', '#00ff00'))"
  }
}

Note: Make sure you are using correct internal name of your extended lookup date column.

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