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Shanae1180
Copper Contributor
Jan 20, 2022

Help with finishing these formulas please!

Hi I’ve been trying to finish my medicine chart on my excel 16.39 version.

I have:

Total batch weight
I don’t know what formula to use for this.

Single portion weight (g)
A2/C2

Single portion potency (mg)
C5*D2

CBD batch potency (mg)
C6/E2

And then I need them to give me:

Total concentrate weight

And

CBD oil to use

But I can’t figure out these two last things. And also when I put in the A2/C2 and the C6/E2 It gave me A warning sign saying “there are one or more circular references where formula refers to its own cell either directly or indirectly. This might cause them to calculate incorrectly“

And I’m not sure what that means

Any help is much appreciated!

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  • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Platinum Contributor

    Shanae1180 Would be helpful if you could show what exactly you have in each of the cells. A circular reference is cause be a formula that, directly references it self. For instance, when you enter in A2, =A2 , that's a circular reference. The same when you enter =B2 in cell A2 where B2 contains the formula =A2

    Now, these are very obvious examples, but in real life circular references can sometimes be a bit more difficult to spot and correct. But when you click on the Error Checking icon on the Formula ribbon, you can get some clues as to where to start.

    • Shanae1180's avatar
      Shanae1180
      Copper Contributor

      Hi @riny_van_Eakelen ! Thank you so much for your reply! I’ve taken a bit to get back to you because I’ve been trying to figure out how to send photos to you to show you what I mean. I hope these help 

      • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
        Riny_van_Eekelen
        Platinum Contributor

        Shanae1180 Not sure what you have in mind but all formulae on row reference to cell in rich they reside. That's causing circular references as explained in my previous post.

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