I hope this is a quick and easy question for Excel pros out there.
I'm using the default "Retirement Planner" spreadsheet in MS Excel 2013. I want to make some modifications to the existing formulas, but every time I click on a cell, the formula looks something like:
=IFERROR(Calculations!G39,"")
How do I view the actual formula used to calculate the value of that cell? It seems like this syntax:
Calculations!G39
Abstracts away the underlying formula.
Thanks for the help!
There is a hidden Calculations sheet which you can unhide by right-clicking the Retirement Planner sheet tab and selecting Unhide from the pop-up options.
In cell G39 on the Calculations sheet is a formula =Interest which is reference to a Named Range.
If you go into the Name Manager on the Ribbon Formulas tab you will find that Interest contains a formula:
=IF(PlanYear<=PlanYears,(Calculations!F39*BeforeRetirement*InvestmentReturnPreRetirementPercentage)+(Calculations!F39*AfterRetirement*InvestmentReturnPostRetirementPercentage),NA())
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I want to find out exactly which cells in my excel workbook are pulling data from another sheet inside the same workbook. Is there a way to do this?
Yes, there is an easy way to do it if you don't have a lot of cells.
Click the cell you want to check, then go to "Formulas" -> "Trace Precedents". [you need to do it for each cell :(, so that's the disadvantage]. You might need to click several times for each cell.
Notice the difference in my picture. The cells in the range B5:B13 has a formula linked to an external source (another worksheet or another workbook, shown as a little mini table), while the cell B15 who has a blue arrow, is linked to cell E14 on the same worksheet!
If you want to know which linkage (which source cell it's linked to), klick on the arrow and you should see this window;
If there are a massive amount of cells, I would give this VBA code a try:
VBA to list all external links together with the cells containing the links
I have a .net program that updates values in an excel sheet programmatically using an OLEDB connection.
my excel sheet has some simple SUM formulas that sum the values that are programmatically updated. The problem is that since the values are updated while the excel sheet is closed my formulas do not calculate when the sheet is opened. When I press calculate sheet button the formulas are still not executed (because excel does not recognize that the new values have been added, possibly?). The only way I can get them to execute is if I click on the cell holding the formula (As if to modify the formula) then press enter(making excel reevaluate the cells). I have calculation option set to automatic and my data types are correct (general for the formulas and number for the number values). Is there any way I can make the spreadsheet calculate the formulas when I open it?
Try pressing ctrl+alt+f9 which should force a full calculation and not just a recalculation (like the calculate button does) that looks at cells that have changed.
More info on calculation material can be found here.
For vba I believe it is
Application.CalculateFull
Maybe this will work
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Worksheets(1).Calculate
End Sub
Just in case someone runs into this problem: To do a full recalculation in vba you can use Application.CalculateFullRebuild to force a full calculation.
I am new to doing excel formulas. I added my formula to the first row of a certain column of spreadsheet. I want to add it for the rest of the rows in the table. I try dragging down the bottom of the formula row and it does copy the formula all the way to the bottom of the table like I want. However, it now just displays the formulas and not the actual calculated value.
How do I get it to see the calculated value?
If I select the formula wizard for one of the formulas it shows the calculated value towards the bottom but the value in the table is just the formula and not the calculated value.
... If it shows up in your formula wizard, the only thing I can imagine it being is that you are in Show Formula mode.
check out This link
EDIT:
The only other issue I can think of is that there was an issue in earlier versions of Excel 2007 where XLSX from XML files had this issue - Try applying the latest Excel Service packs.
You probably have automatic calculation turned off. For Excel versions 2007 and beyond, go to the Formulas Ribbon and select "Automatic" from the Calculations Options Item. For earlier versions, go to: Tools, Options, then click the Calculations tab. On this tab. select the "Automatic" radio button. If you are in manual calculation mode, pressing F9 will calculate the formulas.
I have a list of documents that I want to paste relative links to in Excel. I converted the list to a list of Excel formulas that look like
=HYPERLINK(".\docs\123abc\1.doc","1.doc")
=HYPERLINK(".\docs\456abc\1.doc","1.doc")
However when I paste this in Excel it will paste the text for the formula and not actually make it a formula. I have tried creating a macro to set each cell's FormulaR1C1 value as the value from the text in the cell and that didn't fix it. As well I have tried to copy and paste special as forumla and that did nothing either.
If I type in each formula by hand instead of copying and pasting them it works great, however the list of forumlas I have is a couple hundred and I would prefer not to have to type each one in by hand. Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions on getting the forumla to register?
Before pasting the formulas,
Select all cells in worksheet
Right click and select "Format Cells..."
In the Number tab page, select General and click OK button.
Paste your formulas list.
I have a rather large workbook and I'm mainly looking to determine which fields I don't use that I can prune out of the report for maintenance purposes. Is there a way to click on a cell and see a list of all the cells that have used it or to click on a cell and see which pivot it's referencing?
You want 'trace dependents/precedents'...not sure exactly where it's located in Excel 2003, as it's been a while.
In Excel 2007, if you click on a cell, then go to the formulas tab in the Ribbon, there is an icon for tracing dependecies. Arrows will appear to show you all cells that reference that cell.
In Excel 2013 this function is found under the FORMULAS tab.
Trace Dependents is likely what you want.