Forum Discussion
#NUM error
- Dec 04, 2022
I have isolated the problem. Using the formula below (which is an example that applies to the whole sheet and is not specific to the cells indicated). =IF(AND(G27+G28<>0,TODAY()>Dashboard!D29+10),DATEDIF(Dashboard!K29,TODAY(),"d")&" Days Overdue",G27+G28)
If
Dashboard!D29+10 is less than Today() and
Dashboard!K29 is only 1 day greater than Today().The formula will return #NUM!
More than 1 day greater than Today() and everything works again.
This means if you were looking at my sheet more than 1 day after the date in Dashboard!K29 you wouldn't have seen the #NUM! error.
If I change ">Dashboard!D29+10" to ">Dashboard!K29" the formula works no matter what the date is.
I can't recall why I decided to use "Dashboard!D29+10", I assume that I wanted the number of workdays not weekdays from the start date even though, although that didn't really affect the end result. Anyway, it all works now.
Thanks for the link, but it isn't really applicable to this formula. As I have said the formula works for every other date and cell reference, so I don't think the error is because of the DATEDIF function.
- HansVogelaarDec 01, 2022MVP
Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar?
- Emily3918Dec 01, 2022Copper Contributor
Hopefully this will open for you
https://www.dropbox.com/pri/get/Emily%20Read/%23NUM%20ERROR.xlsx?_subject_uid=4694101600&w=AAAfydQ56u1F_1cT1QJeAo-Y0aDmMqzg6-tfaSh2P3PIEw
- HansVogelaarDec 01, 2022MVP
No, I cannot access it. Please right-click the workbook on Dropbox and select Dropbox > Copy Dropbox Link from the context menu. Then paste that link into a reply.
- Detlef_LewinDec 01, 2022Silver Contributor
IF(), AND() and TODAY() don't produce #NUM!.
Arithmetic operators and comparison operators don't produce #NUM!.
Leaving DATEDIF(). I rest my case.
- Emily3918Dec 01, 2022Copper ContributorExcept that I have over 100 formulas exactly the same that are not producing #NUM, so thanks but this is not the solution.
- Detlef_LewinDec 01, 2022Silver Contributor