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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Add-OfficeExcelConditionalRule

Aliases: ExcelConditionalRule
Module
PSWriteOffice
Aliases
ExcelConditionalRule
Inputs
OfficeIMO.Excel.ExcelDocument

Adds a conditional formatting rule to the current worksheet.

Syntax

Add-OfficeExcelConditionalRule
[-EqualAverage]
[[-Formula1] <String>]
[-Formula2 <String>]
[-HeaderName <String>]
[-HeaderRow <Int32>]
[-IncludeHeader]
[[-Operator] <ExcelConditionalFormattingOperator>]
[-PassThru]
[-Percent]
[-PivotTableName <String>]
[-PivotWholeTable]
[[-Range] <String>]
[-Rank <UInt32>]
[-RuleType <OfficeExcelConditionalRuleType>]
[-StandardDeviation <UInt32>]
[-StopIfTrue]
[-TableName <String>]
[-Text <String>]
[-TimePeriod <ExcelConditionalTimePeriod>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Context
Add-OfficeExcelConditionalRule
-Document <ExcelDocument>
[-EqualAverage]
[[-Formula1] <String>]
[-Formula2 <String>]
[-HeaderName <String>]
[-HeaderRow <Int32>]
[-IncludeHeader]
[[-Operator] <ExcelConditionalFormattingOperator>]
[-PassThru]
[-Percent]
[-PivotTableName <String>]
[-PivotWholeTable]
[[-Range] <String>]
[-Rank <UInt32>]
[-RuleType <OfficeExcelConditionalRuleType>]
[-Sheet <String>]
[-SheetIndex <Int32>]
[-StandardDeviation <UInt32>]
[-StopIfTrue]
[-TableName <String>]
[-Text <String>]
[-TimePeriod <ExcelConditionalTimePeriod>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Document

Examples

Highlight values greater than 100.

ExcelSheet 'Data' { Add-OfficeExcelConditionalRule -Range 'C2:C100' -Operator GreaterThan -Formula1 '100' }

Applies a conditional rule to column C.

Parameters

-EqualAverage SwitchParameter optional
Include values equal to the average for average rules.
-Formula1 String optionalposition: 2
Primary formula or value.
-Formula2 String optional
Optional secondary formula or value.
-HeaderName String optionalaliases: ColumnName
Header or table column name used to resolve the target range.
-HeaderRow Int32 optional
Worksheet header row used when resolving HeaderName without a table. Use 0 for the first row of the used range.
-IncludeHeader SwitchParameter optional
Include the header cell in the resolved range.
-Operator ExcelConditionalFormattingOperator optionalposition: 1
Conditional formatting operator.
Possible values: LessThan, LessThanOrEqual, Equal, NotEqual, GreaterThanOrEqual, GreaterThan, Between, NotBetween, ContainsText, NotContains, BeginsWith, EndsWith
-PassThru SwitchParameter optional
Emit the range after applying the rule.
-Percent SwitchParameter optional
Treat top/bottom rank as a percent.
-PivotTableName String optional
Pivot table name used to resolve the target range.
-PivotWholeTable SwitchParameter optional
Use the full pivot output range instead of the default data body range.
-Range String optionalposition: 0
A1 range to apply the rule to.
-Rank UInt32 optional
Rank used by top/bottom rules.
-RuleType OfficeExcelConditionalRuleType optionalaliases: Type
Rule type to author.
Possible values: CellIs, Expression, Formula, DuplicateValues, UniqueValues, Top, Top10, Bottom, Bottom10, AboveAverage, BelowAverage, ContainsText, NotContainsText, BeginsWith, EndsWith, ContainsBlanks, NotContainsBlanks, ContainsErrors, NotContainsErrors, TimePeriod
-StandardDeviation UInt32 optional
Optional standard deviation threshold for average rules.
-StopIfTrue SwitchParameter optional
Stop evaluating later rules when this rule is true.
-TableName String optional
Optional table name for header-based range resolution.
-Text String optional
Text used by text-matching rule types.
-TimePeriod ExcelConditionalTimePeriod optional
Time period used by time-period rules.
Possible values: Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Last7Days, ThisMonth, LastMonth, NextMonth, ThisWeek, LastWeek, NextWeek
-Document ExcelDocument requiredpipeline: True (ByValue)sets: Document
Workbook to operate on outside the DSL context.
-Sheet String optionalsets: Document
Worksheet name when using Document.
-SheetIndex Int32 optionalsets: Document
Worksheet index (0-based) when using Document.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.