Conditional formatting: max value, comparing rows with specific data - formatting

Question

I am making an exercise tracking sheet with Google Sheets, and ran into a problem. The sheet has a table for raw data such as day, exercise type chosen from a validated list, and sets, reps, weight, you name it. To find the useful information for analysis, I have set up a pivot table. I want to find the max values for each type of value per exercise.
For example, comparing all the three instances of "DL-m BB" in column D, the table should highlight the highest values between all them: H9 would be the record weight, F5 record volume and so on, and for "SQ-lb BB box" H12 would be max weight and F3 max volume. Eventually the table will have several hundred rows per year, and finding max values per exercise per attribute is going to be too much of a task, time better spent elsewhere.

Answer 1

The Conditional Formatting can be set as follow for the two examples you give above. A separate rule is set for each. They are set from the same cell (H1) adding an additional rule.
Apply to Range
H1:H1000
Custom Formula is
=$H1=max(filter($D:$H,$D:$D="DL-m BB"))
Add another rule
Apply to Range
H1:H1000
Custom Formula is
=$H1=max(filter($D:$H,$D:$D="SQ-lb box BB"))
Place this on your Pivot table page (Try M1 - it must be outside of the PT)
It list max correctly.
=UNIQUE(query($D2:$K,"SELECT D,Max(F),Max(G),Max(H),Max(I),Max(J), Max(K) Where D !='' Group By D Label Max(F) 'Max F', Max(G) 'Max G', Max(H) 'Max H', Max(I) 'Max I',Max(J) 'Max J',Max(K) 'Max K'"))
The below query lists the max for F
=query($D2:$F,"SELECT Max(F) Where D !='' Group By D label Max(F)''")
I have been trying this with conditional formatting and it almost works. Maybe you will see something I don't. Still trying.
This works.
function onOpen(){
keepUnique()
}
function keepUnique(){ //create array og unique non black values to find max for
var col = 4 ; // choose the column you want to use as data source (0 indexed, it works at array level)
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheets()[1];
var data = sh.getRange(2, col, sh.getLastRow()-2).getValues();
var newdata = new Array();
for(nn in data){
var duplicate = false;
for(j in newdata){
if(data[nn][0] == newdata[j][0] || data[nn][0]==""){
duplicate = true;
}
}
if(!duplicate){
newdata.push([data[nn][0]]);
}}
colorMax(newdata)
}
function colorMax(newdata){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheets()[1];
lc=sh.getLastColumn()
var data = sh.getRange(2, 4, sh.getLastRow()-2,lc).getValues(); //get col 4 to last col
for(k=2;k<lc;k++){
for(i=0;i<newdata.length;i++){
var maxVal=0
for(j=0;j<data.length;j++){
if(data[j][0]==newdata[i][0]){
if(data[j][k]>maxVal){maxVal=data[j][k];var row=j+2} //find max value and max value row number
}}
var c =sh.getRange(row,k+4,1,1)//get cell to format
var cv=c.getValue()
c.setFontColor("red") //set font red
}}
}