I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time Discharge Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right - example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation - time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right - example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation - time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few hours or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right - example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation - time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

So how would you expect to validate the times if there are no set rules?

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few hours
or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set
validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time
Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different
times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right -
example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they
were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I
have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a
time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation -
time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

I am not sure what you mean. I am looking for a formula or something so that
when they type in an incorrect time (the patient was taken to a room before
they got here) it will alert them and they will catch their typing mistake.
I have formulas to figure wait times, etc. and when a time is typed in wrong
it messes up the times that I am trying to capture.

All of the times come from the patient chart when they are turned in to the
secretary to enter in the computer. Sometimes a time is written wrong or
typed in wrong. The secretaries enter the time no matter what.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

So how would you expect to validate the times if there are no set rules?

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few hours
or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set
validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time
Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different
times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right -
example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they
were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I
have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a
time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation -
time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

How would you know a typed time is wrong? That is whhat I mean by rules, to
be able to not allow somebody to type a certain time you have to know the
typed time in incorrect?

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
I am not sure what you mean. I am looking for a formula or something so
that
when they type in an incorrect time (the patient was taken to a room
before
they got here) it will alert them and they will catch their typing
mistake.
I have formulas to figure wait times, etc. and when a time is typed in
wrong
it messes up the times that I am trying to capture.

All of the times come from the patient chart when they are turned in to
the
secretary to enter in the computer. Sometimes a time is written wrong or
typed in wrong. The secretaries enter the time no matter what.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

So how would you expect to validate the times if there are no set rules?

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few
hours
or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set
validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time
Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at
different
times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right -
example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that
they
were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I
have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the
times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter
a
time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation -
time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.

Denise, would Conditional Formatting work? For example, if Arrival Time is
in A2 and Triage Time is in B2, you could enter in Conditional Formatting for
B2 -- Cell Value is less than =A2 and format it red and bold. This would
at least make the data entry person aware that there is a problem with the
Triage Time entry.
--
Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Denise" wrote:

I am not sure what you mean. I am looking for a formula or something so that
when they type in an incorrect time (the patient was taken to a room before
they got here) it will alert them and they will catch their typing mistake.
I have formulas to figure wait times, etc. and when a time is typed in wrong
it messes up the times that I am trying to capture.

All of the times come from the patient chart when they are turned in to the
secretary to enter in the computer. Sometimes a time is written wrong or
typed in wrong. The secretaries enter the time no matter what.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

So how would you expect to validate the times if there are no set rules?

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Denise" wrote in message
...
Actually that won't work. The times may not be entered until a few hours
or
even the next day.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

What's the right time? If you use the built in clock you can set
validation
within a few minutes of that time, datavalidationallowcustom

=AND(D1<=TIME(,10,)+MOD(NOW(),1),D1=MOD(NOW(),1)-TIME(,10,))


where D1 would be the cell where the time entry is made

you can setup your own validation message

Incorrect Time! Please check your watch again!

:)

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Denise" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet that has the following columns:

Arrival Time Triage Time To ED Time Saw MD Time
Discharge
Time

I have about 15 people entering data in this worksheet at different
times.
There a a few that can't quite get the numbers entered right -
example.

The patient will arrive at 10:30 but they may enter a time that they
were
taken to the ED at 8:30 - two hours before they are even here!! I
have
talked to these people and told them that they need to watch the times
that
they are entering and make sure that they are accurate.

Is there a code/way to set the worksheet up so that if they enter a
time
that is wrong it won't let them enter. I have tried Validation -
time -
allow greater than or = to. That won't work.

Thanks for any help.