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CDusty
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Apr 03, 2024
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Excel file size is OUT OF CONTROL

I'm creating a workbook to record Rebar lengths and quantities. All lengths are recorded in decimal feet (ie 1'-1" = 1.083) The final result needs to be read as FT-IN (ie 5-7 [no fractions or decim...
  • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
    Apr 04, 2024

    CDusty I reduced the file size from 6MB to 47KB by removing 'abusive' use of the FILTER function in the output sheet. That allowed me to get rid of all the named ranges spanning entire columns in the input sheet. By the way, I also made a small adjustment to the input sheet so that FILTER can spill across multiple cells into the output sheet, rather than cell by cell. Auto calculation is on and it calculates instantly.

     

    Very likely that you can optimize even more, but I didn't go that far as the problem seems to be resolved by these minor adjustments.

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