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Excel formula not returning expected results
Out of curiosity, I manually checked the formula in the first screenshot below and got a different result. (As you see, the formula returned $49,515.63, while my manual check returned $49,015.63, as you see in the last screenshot below. A $500 difference.
Can anyone explain what's going on? I'd appreciate any insight!
To check the formula, I went to the List of Transactions tab and did the following:
- Column G: Set the filter to ≥ 0 (per screenshot below)
- Column J: Set the filter to show only "R" (screenshot below)
Column G: Noted the total (screenshot below)
Checked the line numbers to ensure that all of them are ≥3 and ≤ 316, which they are
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?
- Hans, I appreciate you asking! I've attached a scrubbed workbook (240630 Calculation Error), having removed sensitive info and retained rows that calculate into column G.
Thanks in advance for taking a look!Thanks. Row 4 in your data sheet is hidden:
If you unhide row 4 by increasing its row height, you'll see that G4 contains $500. Since J4 is "R", G4 is included in the SUMIFS result.
