I have a sheet with data, in Sheet1 I have data in column M (Text data value "Done") so now I try to apply Conditional Formatting on my Sheet2 column K2:K if Sheet1 Column M have value "Done". I tried this formula:
=Search("Done",indirect("Sheet1!M2:M"),0)
also this one:
=search("Done",Sheet1!$M2:$M)
but not working
Assuming that you don't want to highlight the entire column but just on a line-by-line basis, could you try with the following formula :
=INDIRECT("Sheet1!"&CELL("address",M1))="Done"
It worked for me when applying this as a conditional formatting rule in column K of sheet 2 and adding manually-created sample data in column K of sheet 1.
You might also want to check this if you were expecting another behaviour : Conditional Formatting from another sheet