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teapot2002
Copper Contributor
Jun 21, 2020

How to turn off inconsistent calculated column formula for a column in a table

I have just discovered tables, which I like very much. However, I have several columns where the input is mixed. I have a formula that references a pivot table, which I've copied down the whole column, but not all the entries are found in the pivot table, so sometimes I overwrite them with a text description. This gives me the inconsistent formula message.

 

Generally I find this feature useful, but I would like to turn it off for this column. Can I do that?

 

Thanks - Helen

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  • Detlef_Lewin's avatar
    Detlef_Lewin
    Silver Contributor

    teapot2002 

    Best practice is:

    One column -> one formula.

    One column -> one data type

    Especially in Excel tables.

     

    You could do =IFERROR(your_formula,some_text).

     

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