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#VALUE!
I can share in your blessing, but in my case three years ahead of you and still a few months away==I'll turn 80 in October. I also share some of your experience as well--it wasn't my main career, but I did become something of a power user with Excel and its predecessors in the spreadsheet world (Lotus, Quattro), as well as learning SQL to write extensive queries from a mainframe database--and therefore can fully appreciate how frustrating it can be when, with all that experience, you can't put your finger on what's causing the #VALUE.
Unfortunately, an image isn't something that any of us can actually do much diagnostic work with.
Looking at the formula in the formula bar in the image, and the cell from which it appears to come (I748), I can tell:
- the formula IS working in I748
- and it's not in any of the subsequent rows--well, more precisely, it's working to deliver #VALUE
Which suggest something I'm sure you're well aware of, that the issue is most likely in whatever is in cells G749 and H749...and once introduced it doesn't self-correct since it's always in I749, I750, I751,... and on. Has the formula been changed in any way in any of the rows? I will offer the observation that the formula that's visible in this image is NOT the formula you included in your original post.
What happens if you place fresh numeric values in some of the cells in columns G, H and I down below where the #VALUE first appears? Down in the 760s?
And since you made this image from a modified copy of the spreadsheet itself, is it now possible to post that actual--but modified and therefore not revealing sensitive personal data--spreadsheet?
Yes, of course I realize that Microsoft would be bombarded with complaints and all over the News. 🙂
I'm very frustrated as it's one of those crazy things. I would REALLY like to upload a version of the worksheet as I'm totally stumped. To make it worse, being blessed with reaching the age of 77 this month, I'm a retired SAS/SQL programmer on UNIX & PC, using macros in Excel. This is incredibly embarrassing.
attached is a modified copy with text removed and the numbers changed to be unreal.
I can share in your blessing, but in my case three years ahead of you and still a few months away==I'll turn 80 in October. I also share some of your experience as well--it wasn't my main career, but I did become something of a power user with Excel and its predecessors in the spreadsheet world (Lotus, Quattro), as well as learning SQL to write extensive queries from a mainframe database--and therefore can fully appreciate how frustrating it can be when, with all that experience, you can't put your finger on what's causing the #VALUE.
Unfortunately, an image isn't something that any of us can actually do much diagnostic work with.
Looking at the formula in the formula bar in the image, and the cell from which it appears to come (I748), I can tell:
- the formula IS working in I748
- and it's not in any of the subsequent rows--well, more precisely, it's working to deliver #VALUE
Which suggest something I'm sure you're well aware of, that the issue is most likely in whatever is in cells G749 and H749...and once introduced it doesn't self-correct since it's always in I749, I750, I751,... and on. Has the formula been changed in any way in any of the rows? I will offer the observation that the formula that's visible in this image is NOT the formula you included in your original post.
What happens if you place fresh numeric values in some of the cells in columns G, H and I down below where the #VALUE first appears? Down in the 760s?
And since you made this image from a modified copy of the spreadsheet itself, is it now possible to post that actual--but modified and therefore not revealing sensitive personal data--spreadsheet?
- I was able to use this message to return a formerly working formula back to working. I had to insert zeros in the cells that were empty.
This SS & formula has been working fine for 2 years with empty fields, but I have been doing quite a bit of moving things around in this SS when it started giving the #Value!.
What exactly is that about?
thanks for your help
Janice (also retired and long time computer user, not a programmer like you guys but worked closely with lots of them)Pennyloafer wrote: I had to insert zeros in the cells that were empty.
This SS & formula has been working fine for 2 years with empty fields, but I have been doing quite a bit of moving things around in this SS when it started giving the #Value!.
What exactly is that about?I'm not sure what exactly your "exactly" is about: is it the appearance of #VALUE!?
And in the absence of the spreadsheet to examine, one can only speculate. My speculation is that those "empty fields" aren't really empty; they just appear empty, perhaps with spaces, perhaps with other special (but also invisible to the human eye) characters.
In any event, it's good to read that you got it working. And I'm so sorry to hear about the flooding and the temporary housing you had to endure. That's got to be very disorienting.
- I got the #VALUE resolved but not the persistent green error flags.
Yes. First, pardon the huge delay. I had major water damage in my home, was displaced into an extended stay hotel, etc., etc..
Here is a mock Excel spreadsheet. The error flags (the green rectangular flags) simply won't go away from anything I've tried.
The only thing that I recall that has changed was taking in my laptop to the Geek Squad (Best Buy) for potential monitor issue but that resolved itself. Meanwhile, I let them correct and remove duplicate malware that I had not realized was on my PC. I've almost wondered if a new version of Excel needs to be installed.
- P.S. Bet you were familar with Paradox, too. Another neat little database. 🙂
- Thank you SO much. Oh my. Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro!!! I haven't heard those product names in YEARS. I loved Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro was such a great and simple database.
I'll research the worksheet/spreadsheet and see if I can follow your suggestions.
At least I've learned to Knit. Hahaha.
