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Copper Contributor

Sep 22, 2017

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Excel formula error - One cell equals to another on a diffrent page.

I am creating a workbook with multiple formula refrences to other sheets within the workbook (no external refrences) and for some reason the "cell range 1 = cell range 2 on another sheet" is showing...

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SergeiBaklan
Sep 22, 2017
Okay, at least that's not the formula as the text. Do you receive the #Value with reference on the single cell?, like
='Customer Data'!BI4

SergeiBaklan

Diamond Contributor

Sep 22, 2017

Hi Kathy,

One of the possible reasons - if you add the formula into the cell which was formatted as text, the formula will be shown as text. If you change cell format after that that won't help itself, after that you shall enter into the cell edit mode and Enter again.

Kathy Jakel

Copper Contributor

Sep 22, 2017

Deleted everything from the cell, Set the format to General in both the starting and ending locations and renetered the formual. Still getting the #Value error.

SergeiBaklan
Diamond Contributor
Sep 22, 2017
Okay, at least that's not the formula as the text. Do you receive the #Value with reference on the single cell?, like
='Customer Data'!BI4
- Kathy Jakel
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 22, 2017
  Single cell worked. Perhaps it was the formating and the single cell compounding on eachother. Thanks for your help!
  - SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor
    Sep 22, 2017
    No problem. Just in case - if you in the cell the reference on the range in another sheet (have no idea why it could be needed) like
    ='Customer Data'!BI4:BQ4
    when you have #VALUE if insert formula in other than from BI to BQ columns. In above columns it returns the value from the relative column in source sheet. You may check if use absolute references
    ='Customer Data'!$BI$4:$B$Q4
    enter this formula in BH and copy to the right till BR. You'll have two #VALUE at the ends and copy of your BI:BQ in the middle.