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Why won't vlookup read newly entered data from a source file?
Automatic link updates had to be disabled because the file will lock up some
machines that just can't handle updating 2700 links. That wasn't a problem until I added a record to one of the source files (while the workbook with the links is closed) and the next time we open the workbook, when vlookup attempts to retrieve values from that record it returns #N/A until the link is updated. Any idea why vlookup won't read newly entered data from a source file that was edited before the workbook containing the lookup value was opened? Every other record in the source will display it's lookup values just correctly and accurately. |
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Why won't vlookup read newly entered data from a source file?
It sounds like you hit an internal excel limit.
I think that in xl2k, I changed a few =vlookup() formulas from looking at whole columns to a specific range to avoid that too many links message. I don't have a workaround for you -- other than opening that other workbook. mwgrutter wrote: Automatic link updates had to be disabled because the file will lock up some machines that just can't handle updating 2700 links. That wasn't a problem until I added a record to one of the source files (while the workbook with the links is closed) and the next time we open the workbook, when vlookup attempts to retrieve values from that record it returns #N/A until the link is updated. Any idea why vlookup won't read newly entered data from a source file that was edited before the workbook containing the lookup value was opened? Every other record in the source will display it's lookup values just correctly and accurately. -- Dave Peterson |
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Why won't vlookup read newly entered data from a source file?
Thank you for the responce Dave, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I
understand the lag in updating that many links to a 20 Column, 4000 row source file, but that's why we disabled the automatic link updates. The problem is, when you enter information into a cell that is used for the LOOKUP_VALUE in the VLOOKUP function, the value returned from the source file is the value prior to the source file being edited and saved. If the source file is opened prior to entering the information for the VLOOKUP, everything works just fine. If the source file is closed (and has been saved with the new data) the previous source data is entered instead of the current data. And it is not only happening with large source files and large arrays. A two column, 500 row array with only one VLOOKUP link causes the same problem. Thanks anyway. "Dave Peterson" wrote: It sounds like you hit an internal excel limit. I think that in xl2k, I changed a few =vlookup() formulas from looking at whole columns to a specific range to avoid that too many links message. I don't have a workaround for you -- other than opening that other workbook. mwgrutter wrote: Automatic link updates had to be disabled because the file will lock up some machines that just can't handle updating 2700 links. That wasn't a problem until I added a record to one of the source files (while the workbook with the links is closed) and the next time we open the workbook, when vlookup attempts to retrieve values from that record it returns #N/A until the link is updated. Any idea why vlookup won't read newly entered data from a source file that was edited before the workbook containing the lookup value was opened? Every other record in the source will display it's lookup values just correctly and accurately. -- Dave Peterson |
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Why won't vlookup read newly entered data from a source file?
Are you saying that the only #n/a's you get back are from the =vlookup()
formulas that point to closed books? If that's the case, then I did misunderstand the original question. Jim Rech posted a registry tweak: http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...GP11.phx .gbl mwgrutter wrote: Thank you for the responce Dave, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. I understand the lag in updating that many links to a 20 Column, 4000 row source file, but that's why we disabled the automatic link updates. The problem is, when you enter information into a cell that is used for the LOOKUP_VALUE in the VLOOKUP function, the value returned from the source file is the value prior to the source file being edited and saved. If the source file is opened prior to entering the information for the VLOOKUP, everything works just fine. If the source file is closed (and has been saved with the new data) the previous source data is entered instead of the current data. And it is not only happening with large source files and large arrays. A two column, 500 row array with only one VLOOKUP link causes the same problem. Thanks anyway. "Dave Peterson" wrote: It sounds like you hit an internal excel limit. I think that in xl2k, I changed a few =vlookup() formulas from looking at whole columns to a specific range to avoid that too many links message. I don't have a workaround for you -- other than opening that other workbook. mwgrutter wrote: Automatic link updates had to be disabled because the file will lock up some machines that just can't handle updating 2700 links. That wasn't a problem until I added a record to one of the source files (while the workbook with the links is closed) and the next time we open the workbook, when vlookup attempts to retrieve values from that record it returns #N/A until the link is updated. Any idea why vlookup won't read newly entered data from a source file that was edited before the workbook containing the lookup value was opened? Every other record in the source will display it's lookup values just correctly and accurately. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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