Thanks for the input, I actually ended up assigning an integer value to the validation cells;
=IF(M40="TIES",0,1) then at the very bottom I am adding all the number in a cell name "rng_Validation" which should add up to zero "0" in order to allow the the data to be saved to the server.
afterwards, I completed this with a simple VBA function;
Function BEFORE_SAVE()
If Range("rng_Validation") > 0 Then
MsgBox "Please correct the numbers before saving", vbCritical
BEFORE_SAVE = False
Else
BEFORE_SAVE = True
End If
End Function
