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Excel auto-changed my formula in 1st/2nd rows of table's Calculated Column
Hi Kelly,
If you delete rows from the table, let say keeping only second one, in G in formula it will be $B$2:B2. Second row it the last in the table and it's internally recognize B2 as last cell in the table in column B. When you add more rows B2 (note, that's relative reference), B2 will be change on reference in last cell in column B, in that case on B20.
In general with tables better to use structured references to avoid side effects like this. In you case formula could be
=IF(COUNTIF([Product Spec ID / Version],[@[Product Spec ID / Version]])>1,IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(Table3[[#Headers],[Product Spec ID / Version]],1,0,ROW()-ROW(Table3[[#Headers],[USC]])),[@[Product Spec ID / Version]])=1,1,0),1)
Hi Kelly,
If you delete rows from the table, let say keeping only second one, in G in formula it will be $B$2:B2. Second row it the last in the table and it's internally recognize B2 as last cell in the table in column B. When you add more rows B2 (note, that's relative reference), B2 will be change on reference in last cell in column B, in that case on B20.
In general with tables better to use structured references to avoid side effects like this. In you case formula could be
=IF(COUNTIF([Product Spec ID / Version],[@[Product Spec ID / Version]])>1,IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(Table3[[#Headers],[Product Spec ID / Version]],1,0,ROW()-ROW(Table3[[#Headers],[USC]])),[@[Product Spec ID / Version]])=1,1,0),1)
Thank you so much for your response, recommendation, and lesson-of-the-day, Sergei. I took your advice and amended the formula to use structured references. All is beautiful in my Excel world again. Love you guys (and gals)!