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Hewtee
Copper Contributor
Aug 29, 2020
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Formula will not sum a row of data drawn from a sheet in same workbook and returns zero

 

 

@The formula in the yellow columns is =SUM(ADAPT[@[Owning Opportunities]:[Personal Leadership]])

 

  • Hewtee's avatar
    Hewtee
    Aug 29, 2020

    Riny_van_Eekelen  Thanks for that, now I know what the x1 does. Of course why it should be text without it I dont understand. But anyway thank you at least I now 🙂

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    • Hewtee's avatar
      Hewtee
      Copper Contributor
      I just forunsd the answer I have to add *1 to the formula. Thank you anyway 🙂
      • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
        Riny_van_Eekelen
        Platinum Contributor

        Hewtee Texts formatted as numbers are still texts. The multiplication turned them into real numbers that can be summed.

    • Hewtee's avatar
      Hewtee
      Copper Contributor

      Riny_van_Eekelen  Thanks. I checked the cells are formatted as numbers?  The formula inside each is =ALL!AL2