Am using if function in Column A of the Google Sheets
=ARRAYFORMULA(if( isblank(D3:D) , A2:A , D3:D ))
but getting Circular dependency error. If I use the same function without ARRAYFORMULA i.e.
if( isblank(D3) , A2 , D3 ))))
and then drag the formula, there is no error and the result is reflected.
Any help on how to fix the Circular dependency error with ARRAYFORMULA in above case would be greatly appreciated.
When you see the circular dependency detected error displayed in your
Google spreadsheet, this means that your formula is referring to a
range that contains the formula itself, or in other words when the
formula input, is dependent on the output.
What you can try to do is turning on Iterative Calculation under File -> Settings:
If that fixes your issue then good. But based on your formula, I don't think this is a fix. The above option is best on recalculating values repetitively. Your current formula is not doing that.
If that's the case, then you'll just have to put the formula on another column to avoid the circular dependency.
I recommend you try and see the reference below about circular dependency and it might help you decide what you should do.
Reference:
Circular Dependency
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Been beating my head against this and can't get it. Here is the forumla:
=IF(E3=E2,F2,F2+1)
Pretty simple. All it does is look at the cell above it...if they are the same it doesn't increase the number iteration. If they are different it does. Somehow I can't figure out how to format this in order to make it an ArrayFormula. The only reason I want it to be an Arrayformula is so that rows can be added or removed and the formula would remain intact thus the spreadsheet would be easier to use.
If you need to place it in column F from F3, you may try another approach or you'll get a circular dependency:
=BYROW(E3:E,LAMBDA(each,IF(each="","",F2+sum(MAP(E3:each, LAMBDA(c,IF(c="","",IF(c=OFFSET(c,-1,),0,1))))))))
try:
=INDEX(BYROW(E2:INDEX(E:E, MAX(ROW(E:E)*(E:E<>""))),
LAMBDA(e, IF(OFFSET(e, 1, )=e, OFFSET(e,,1), OFFSET(e,,1)+1))
I have a large Google Sheets spreadsheet that has individual sheets for financial statements of activity for multiple years. I want to reference particular columns of those in other sheets, and I've successfully figured out how to do that with an HLOOKUP function. However, because I want to do this for multiple years, I'd like that HLOOKUP function to pick up the name of the sheet to reference from its column header. Right now, I'm hard-coding it like this—you can see the HLOOKUP range refers to cells in the "2021 Overall" sheet. The hard-coded approach works but makes adding a new year tedious. Ideally, the HLOOKUP formula would read the contents of its column header cell to determine which year it is.
As best I can tell, the solution is to use INDIRECT, but I can't figure out any way to build the formulate with INDIRECT and not get an error. For instance, this seemed like it should work. As you can see, I have 2021 in cell D4, and my INDIRECT statement is referencing that and building the rest of the range.
I've also tried using INDIRECT with an explicit CONCATENATE, with no more success.
Any ideas for how to look up that D4 cell and slide it into the HLOOKUP range?
Thank you!
Try to remove the "'"& before D4 and the ' after the Overall.
Your formula should look like this:
=IFERROR(HLOOKUP($A$2,INDIRECT(F4 &" Overall!$A$5:$X$150", Utility!$A10, FALSE)))
With Nikko's nudges in the right direction, I eventually figured out the right format. This allows the formula to work in multiple sheets and to be filled right (for more years) and down (for more classes).
=IFERROR(HLOOKUP($A$2,INDIRECT("'"D$4&" Overall'!$A$5:$X$150"), Utility!$A3, FALSE))
Note that if you try to replicate this, you may need to type the formula out from scratch—I had a problem where pasting it in didn't work. Once I'd retyped it and Google Sheets acknowledged it, it worked from then on in the spreadsheet, even when pasted from sheet to sheet.
I have the following formula in cell D2 in a Google Spreadsheet:
=IF(ISBLANK(B2),"",B2-C2)
How do I apply that formula to the whole column D with ArrayFormula? Because ArrayFormula is the best solution, right?
Thanks
Enclose the formula in the google sheets Arrayformula() function. Then change the reference from B2 to B2:B500 (or leave blank for open ended reference). Same for the second reference.
So =ARRAYFORMULA(IF(B2:B="","",B2:B-C2:C)) should work. Note that I changed ISBLANK to X="" since the arrayformula is bound to find values in the entire array so it won't return blank.
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Whether this is the best way I don't know. The benefit is that this grows with the dataset and avoids errors when you haven't filled the formula far enough down. However it can sometimes slow sheets down (I've heard but not experienced anything severe myself). If you're experiencing slow sheets I recommend Ben Collin's blog on the topic.
Whithout closed ended references
=mmult( arrayformula(1*(ROW(A2:A)<TRANSPOSE(ROW(A2:A)+1))*(ROW(A2:A)>=TRANSPOSE(ROW(A2:A))) -1*(ROW(A2:A)>TRANSPOSE(ROW(A2:A)))*(ROW(A2:A)<=TRANSPOSE(ROW(A2:A)+1)) ) , A2:A)
I'm having trouble implementing a "Cash Out" feature in out party loot spreadsheet for my Pathfinder campaign. I keep running into circular references. The idea is that every member of the party gets their proportion of the party's liquid assets, unless they're in debt to the party. I'm using ARRAYFORMULA and MMULT to do these calculations, but I can't figure out how to reference the previous line in columns H through M from columns B through G. If I use OFFSET or VLOOKUP, I get circular reference errors. I just want to take the negative value of all positive numbers and put them in cells B through G, then everything else should work.
Here's a copy of the file. Feel free to mess around with it if you need to.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PPkZWR4HP3jbWyWDJMskbo3K1Px4CHCurgNZh3MTS-M/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you for any help you can offer.
Before you ask, I wasn't able to figure out how to adapt this answer to my purposes: How to use ARRAYFORMULA with OFFSET to previous row without getting circular reference error
I figured it out. Just needed the right combination of the things I was already trying. The final formula was:
=ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(ARRAYFORMULA(SWITCH($T$2:$T,B$1,-($R$2:$R),"Cash Out",
IF(INDEX(MMULT(transpose(if(transpose(row($A$2:$A))>=row($A$2:$A),N(IF($T$2:$T = B$1,-($R$2:$R),$R$2:$R/6)), 0)),--(NOT(ISBLANK($R$2:$R)))),$A$2:$A-1)<0,0,
-(INDEX(MMULT(transpose(if(transpose(row($A$2:$A))>=row($A$2:$A),N(IF($T$2:$T = B$1,-($R$2:$R),$R$2:$R/6)), 0)),--(NOT(ISBLANK($R$2:$R)))),$A$2:$A-1))),
$R$2:$R/6)),COUNTA($R$2:$R),1)
The trick was using the MMULT method to generate the array of running totals above the cell I wanted to switch, then using INDEX and column A to specify which value I wanted. Using ROW() wasn't working. I've updated the sample file with the change.
In Google spreadsheets, how do I find the sum of two ranges referenced from different spreadsheets
I want to use something like
=(IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet1","A1:A100")+ IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet2","A1:A100"))
and get the sum
Apparently, the above doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated :).
I have found an answer:
Arrayformula is what I was looking for. It basically applies the formula treating the range as a range, instead of as a single element. I still donot totally understand why this works. would be really happy if someone could explain this
I just used
ARRAYFORMULA((IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet1","A1:A100")+IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet2","A1:A100")))
and suddenly everything works as it should.
Shouldn't the + operator be conscious of the input type it is getting and automatically respond by returning the appropriate type? why do I need to explicitly specify that this is an array formula
I ran into a similar issue yesterday. Solution was:
=SUM(IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet1","SheetName!A1:A100")) + SUM(IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet2","SheetName!A1:A100"))
No need to use ARRAYFORMULA()
2 important notes.
You will probably see a #REF! error in your cell with a red color in the corner. You'll need to hover over it and allow access to the spreadsheets that you're referencing.
If any of the original data in the spreadsheet ranges you're referencing in A1:A100 contain errors such as
#NULL!
#DIV/0!
#VALUE!
#REF!
#NAME?
#NUM!
#N/A
then your formula must be modified to include SUMIF() as follows
=SUMIF(IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet1","SheetName!A1:A100"), ">0") + SUMIF(IMPORTRANGE("keyofsheet2","SheetName!A1:A100"), ">0")
This ensures that it's only adding anumbers and not error codes.