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I have 4 cells that Solver is supposed to change to minimize the value
of one target cell, where the target cell sums a bunch of rows that have changed values depending on the 4 aforementioned cells. Whether I click min or max in solver, it says it solves the equation fully but the results do not change for min or max compared to the pre- solver values. To test if it was working, I (in short) click for the solver to find an exact target value I know for a fact exists locally (and required only changing one cell value), but Solver says it cannot find a feasible solution. All of this tells me that the proper operations or operation sequence is not happening during the execution of solver. I thought I'd fixed the issue at first, when I rearranged the involved formulas so that everything was on the same Excel sheet, but it didn't work. Are there other Solver limitations I need to know about that could be causing the issue? I was surprised that Microsoft Support and the Solver Help file did not mention that I need to have all formula references on the same tab, and so am concerned there's other limitations I am not aware of. I have tried changing all Solver Options too, but no help. I will try to simplify the involved data below: Solver changes these constants... Cell A2 = 0.31 Cell A3 = 0.25. Cell A4 = 0.67 Cell A5 = 0.52 to minimize the value of a target cell with the formula: =SUM (D41:E2000,I41:J2000,N41:O2000,S41:T2000,X41:Y2000 ,AC41:AD2000,AH41:AI2000,AM41:AN2000,AR41:AS2000,A W41:AX2000,BB41:BC2000) The columns summed in the target cell formula above have their own formulas. An example would be: =IF(AND(C41<A$2,C41<((A$6*B41)+A$9)),1,0), where C41 and B41 are constants I am not changing in solver, A$2 is one of the constants I am changing in solver, and A$6 and A$9 have formulas that reference some of the constants I am changing but are not directly inputted to the solver. Thus, solver changing any of A$2 through A$5, will change A$9 and/or A $6, which in turn changes the column values that are summed in the target cell formula, thus changing the target cell value. Thanks for any help, K |
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