I have the formula below that I'm using to link to a certain sheet and cell in my workbook that contains a graph for each entry. On the sheet I link too, each graph is about 20 cells down from the previous one. I have over a 100 graphs now and it will grow in time so I was trying to use the HYPERLINK formula rather than the Hyperlink button for this. I thought I would be able to just insert the formula in the first row, paste it in the second row with an added 20 cells, highlight the two and drag it down but it will not count in increments of 20.
Is this even possible?
=HYPERLINK("#'Trends'!A25","Click To View Trend")
I'm thinking you will have to use some type of concatenation to get the behavior you are after. To do this, you may want to employ a "helper" column. For example, put the "numbers" you are after in column B -- below you will see that I incremented it by 5.
Now your HYPERLINK formula in cell A1 is written as:
=HYPERLINK("[Book1]Sheet2!A"& B1,"Click Me for Sheet2, Cell A"&B1)
(Assuming the workbook is called Book1. Now, I can drag that formula down and it will update "dynamically" to account for the changes in column B.
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I have an Excel 2019 Workbook in which I have a sheet with a range of cells defined as a table. Table columns are A to H, where columns A and C contains formulas and the others have to be manually compiled with information by users. The sheet is protected, with the cells in columns without formulas unlocked, so that users cannot alter formulas, but they are allowed to add rows (in the middle of the table, not at its end) as this can be required.
The problem is that when adding rows, the formula auto-filled in column A for the row below the new one is incorrect.
Detailed explanation
Column A is used to assign an unique number to what si written in column B, so that if an element in column B is repeated, the corresponding number in column A is repeated as well
The first cell of the table in column A (A4) contains the value "1"
Cell A5 contains the formula "=IF(B5=B4;A4;A4+1)"
Cell A6 contains the formula "=IF(B6=B5;A5;A5+1)", and so on
If I add a row between 5 and 6, the formula in the new cell A6 is correct, but the formula in cell A7 becomes "=IF(B7=B5;A5;A5+1)", instead of the correct "=IF(B7=B6;A6;A6+1)"
Formulas in all the cells below A7 are correct
If I manually fill the formula in A7 form another cell by using the fill handle, the formula corrects itself
I know there is a similar thread MS Excel Auto-Fills Incorrect Formula When Adding Rows and I already tried some workarounds described there such as clear the column and then add the formula back again, but without results.
My situation seems to be different because the formula is not present in the entire column because of the "1" in A4.
Even though the problem can be manually addressed with little effort via the fill handle, this is not a suitable solution since users may not correct the formula, which is needed for some other calculations in another sheet of the Workbook.
The behaviour you describe is normal and nothing to do with tables. If you insert a row in between a cell and another cell it references directly in a formula, that formula will not adjust to refer to the new cell. In other words if A6 contains =A5 and you insert a row between rows 5 and 6, that =A5 will not suddenly alter to be =A6.
If you need that behaviour, you would need to use something like INDEX or INDIRECT - for example:
=INDEX(A:A,ROW()-1)
will always refer to the cell in the row above the formula cell.
Here is my formula:
{=MAX(ROW($1:$120)*(Table1[results1518]=1))}
so far I have done 1518 cells manually as indicated by the results#.
I have about 2000 more cells to go. The table is on one sheet and this formula in each cell on another.
I need to find a way to increment the results# from one cell down to the next cell below it and so on down the column on the second sheet.
I would make a helper column that listed all the result# you needed to cycle through. You can either use excel's auto fill ability or just add 1 to the value of cell in the row above. For example, A3=A2+1.
Next create a second helper column that returned a text value embeding that number. B2 would look something like this ="Table1[results"&A2&"]"
Finally, you can use Excel's indriect formula looks up the value specified by the second helper column. {=MAX(ROW($1:$120)*(INDIRECT(B2)=1))}
There are probabally more effecient methoods, but without knowing more about your setup, this is what I've got.
So, I got an excel with two sheets: Sheet1 and Sheet2, in which I transfer data from the first to the second using the formula: =IF(INT(+INDIRECT("Sheet1!A1"))< 42900,0,+INDIRECT("Sheet2!A1")) (the cells are custom format dd/mm/yyyy hh/mm/ss). In Sheet1, the cells are organized in groups made out of 6 columns (in this example, A being the first column within the group).
In Sheet2, when I drag the cell containing said formula to the cell on the right, the formula remains the same. I want so that when I drag the cell, A1 will become G1, basically incrementing the column "number" by 6 jumping to the next group of 6 columns.
Is there a way of doing this WITHOUT using any coding. I need to avoid coding at all costs in order to avoid further complications.
P.S. I apologize if my explanation and title are somewhat vague.
Enter below formula anywhere in Column 1 and drag/copy across (to right)
=IF(INT(INDIRECT("Sheet1!" & ADDRESS(1,FLOOR((COLUMN()-1)*6,1)+1)))< 42900,0,INDIRECT("Sheet1!" & ADDRESS(1,FLOOR((COLUMN()-1)*6,1)+1)))
This formula will refer to cells $A$1,$G$1,$M$1,$S$1,.....
If you have to use this formula in say Column B then change (COLUMN()-1) to (COLUMN()-2) and likewise for Column C,D,E,.... use (COLUMN()-3),(COLUMN()-4),(COLUMN()-5),.... respectively.
I am attempting to use an IF statement to check whether the sum of two cells from another Excel sheet is greater than or equal to 1.
For a sheet called Test1 with the values of interest in column C, this is what I have so far, which works fine:
=IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0)
In column B on a second sheet that I'll call Test2, I want to copy this formula down 200,000 rows. However, if the aforementioned formula is in cell B1, for the formula in B2 I would like the formula to read:
=IF((Test1!C3+Test1!C4>=1),1,0)
I want to copy the formula down the column so that the second cell reference in the formula in the first row does not become the first cell reference in the formula in the second row (eg. it would go C1+C2, then C3+C4, C5+C6, etc.).
I have tried manually entering the formula for a few rows, highlighting those, and copying them down but can't get the desired cell reference pattern. If I highlight and drag these first three formulae down another three rows, C4 and C5 are repeated and not in the correct pair.
=IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C3+Test1!C4>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C5+Test1!C6>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C4+Test1!C5>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C6+Test1!C7>=1),1,0)
=IF((Test1!C8+Test1!C9>=1),1,0)
I have tried using OFFSET() within this formula but couldn't get it to work. I am basically just wanting to add 1 to each of the cell references in the formula, as compared to the previous row (but not to actually add 1 to the value of that cell, as would happen with C1+1 for example).
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
If you plan on copying this down 200K rows then you will want the absolute simplest formula that accomplishes the stagger. Avoid the volatile OFFSET function or be prepared to spend a lot of time waiting for random calculation cycles to complete. A volatile function will recalculate whenever anything in the workbook changes; not just when something changes that involved the formula in the cell.
=--(SUM(INDEX(Test1!C:C, (ROW(1:1)-1)*2+1), INDEX(Test1!C:C, (ROW(1:1)-1)*2+2))>=1)
The following formula should do the trick:
=(SUM(INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2-1);INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2))>=1)*1
And that's the version using IF:
=IF(SUM(INDIRECT("C"&ZEILE()*2-1);INDIRECT("C"&ROW()*2))>=1;1;0)
You say I am basically just wanting to add '1' to each of the cell references in the formula but appear to be incrementing by 2, so I am confused but an option might be to apply you existing formula to 400,000 rows, together with =ISODD(ROW()) in another column, then filter on that other column to select and delete those showing FALSE.
Excel's autofill won't do the 2-cell shift that you're looking for. You can use the functionality that is there.
Put =IF((Test1!C1+Test1!C2>=1),1,0) in the top cell and drag a copy to the second row (it will be =IF((Test1!C2+Test1!C3>=1),1,0) but that's okay). Now, put 'A' and 'B' in the next column. Select all 4 cells and copy them down 400k rows.
Use filter to delete rows flagged with 'B' and delete the blank rows.
(Select blank rows with [F5] click Special and select Blanks, then right-click and delete)
Here is all you need. It's fast and nonvolatile.
=--(SUM(INDEX(Test1!C:C,ROW(1:1)*2-2):INDEX(Test1!C:C,ROW(2:2)*2-2))>=1)
Copy it down as far as you like.
I have an Inventory of boxes as an excel sheet with two columns(Total and Usage). The column on the right(total) has a value which shows the initial number of boxes. In the left column(usage) I give the number of boxes that I remove from the stock on a date. I want the right side column(Total) to be updated automatically.. Meaning if the total value at the start is 50 and I use 4 boxes then i want the cell in the total column at that row to show the new total
Example My total value is initially 50(B2) and i use 4 boxes(A3). I want B3 to show the new total... As i keep adding usage values in column A i want column B to be updated as (previous total - new usage) How to do this in excel? I dont want to type in the formula in each cell and i dont know if i can assign varaibles to cells. Is it possible?
I am assuming you want to use subsequent rows to record each withdrawal of some boxes? You need to enter the appropriate formula in each cell of the total column. So in B3, put =B2-A3. Then copy-paste that to all cells below in col B, Excel will paste a formula whose cell references are relative to the cell the formula is pasted to. Alternatively there is a mouse drag gesture that's even faster to fill a column with a formula.