Can I Stop Cells Displaying Results?

I have columns which contain formulas for dollar amounts predicted weekly on the basis of incomings and outgoings.
and the rows are the weeks.

The spreadsheet covers the whole year. So the formulas are producing results right into the future and I don’t want to see them right now, especially for printouts.

Am I explaining well enough? Like if I had receipts per week minus expenses per week and a balance per week.

52 rows for 52 weeks.

Works lovely. I can see where we are at today and where we have been for every preceding week since I started this.
But I also see predicted results for the rest of the year which all go into red minus quantities because incomes are predicted - are already coded in but outgoing are not.

Even if they weren’t the thing would still be displaying something, I guess, for the future an that’s what we don’t need to see.

How can I stop it displaying those quantities until we reach that date or perhaps up to I time I specify or perhaps only for the sake of printouts would do?

I would add a condition either in an IF() formula or a conditional formatting: do a comparison between current week and the considered week of the row. If current week < row week, then display nothing in that row, else, display the result of the calculation.

I think I get it. Only do the formula if the condition is right. Good one, thanks.
That’s leave me with a spreadsheet that doesn’t display the future. How would I go about toggling it somehow so’s I could have it show the future at a click?
Perhaps there’s one click show/hide columns?

At least 2 solutions:

  • With a column that contains the current formula (that is without the date test) and that you group with the other one so that when you click the + sign at top of the column, it displays the column. When not expanded, only the tested column should be displayed.

  • With another condition to the test: create a cell top of the sheet with a drop-down list (validity menu) showing for example either “To date” and “Forecast”, then add the condition in your formula: IF “To date” then calculation with the date test, else calculation without the date test.

Have you managed to do it?

managed to do it? I’ve only just now seen it - the second post I mean. no, I haven’t tried yet… bit too many grim hassles I’ve got on my plate right now… I’ll get to it as soon as I can… meanwhile thanks very much for the help :slight_smile:

12 hours later: Yep, got it done. All the ways you suggested. All work fine. Thanks a lot. :slight_smile: