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Re-calculation causes Excel to not respond
I have an issue where whenever the cells on a worksheet are selected for
re-calculation, it gets "stuck" at 0% and causes Excel to stop responding. The spreadsheet is designed to do the following: - First worksheet lifts data from another spreadsheet via link function. - Second worksheet calculates totals based on the data in the first worksheet. For example, calculations include things like: =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D:D,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I65535) This is done to sum all of Michael's entries and is repeated for each person. There is then a total to sum entries for groups of people. I have tried re-calculating based on auto and manual with the same results. The CPU appears to max out at 100% and the application hangs. I am running WinXP SP2, Excel 2003, P4 2.4Hz, 512MB RAM and have downloaded all Excel 2003 updates. Just as a sidenote, if I re-create the formula in a new cell it calculates instantly. Is it possible that the formulas need to calculate in a certain order and this is causing the problem? I would appreciate any help you can offer with this problem. Marina |
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Hi Marina,
Sumif-ing 65535 may take quite some time. Test to see whether =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D3:D20,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I20) does work -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Marina" wrote in message ... I have an issue where whenever the cells on a worksheet are selected for re-calculation, it gets "stuck" at 0% and causes Excel to stop responding. The spreadsheet is designed to do the following: - First worksheet lifts data from another spreadsheet via link function. - Second worksheet calculates totals based on the data in the first worksheet. For example, calculations include things like: =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D:D,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I65535) This is done to sum all of Michael's entries and is repeated for each person. There is then a total to sum entries for groups of people. I have tried re-calculating based on auto and manual with the same results. The CPU appears to max out at 100% and the application hangs. I am running WinXP SP2, Excel 2003, P4 2.4Hz, 512MB RAM and have downloaded all Excel 2003 updates. Just as a sidenote, if I re-create the formula in a new cell it calculates instantly. Is it possible that the formulas need to calculate in a certain order and this is causing the problem? I would appreciate any help you can offer with this problem. Marina |
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I meant:
Sumif-ing 65535 ROWS may take quite some time. -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Niek Otten" wrote in message ... Hi Marina, Sumif-ing 65535 may take quite some time. Test to see whether =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D3:D20,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I20) does work -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Marina" wrote in message ... I have an issue where whenever the cells on a worksheet are selected for re-calculation, it gets "stuck" at 0% and causes Excel to stop responding. The spreadsheet is designed to do the following: - First worksheet lifts data from another spreadsheet via link function. - Second worksheet calculates totals based on the data in the first worksheet. For example, calculations include things like: =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D:D,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I65535) This is done to sum all of Michael's entries and is repeated for each person. There is then a total to sum entries for groups of people. I have tried re-calculating based on auto and manual with the same results. The CPU appears to max out at 100% and the application hangs. I am running WinXP SP2, Excel 2003, P4 2.4Hz, 512MB RAM and have downloaded all Excel 2003 updates. Just as a sidenote, if I re-create the formula in a new cell it calculates instantly. Is it possible that the formulas need to calculate in a certain order and this is causing the problem? I would appreciate any help you can offer with this problem. Marina |
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As it turns out the SUMIF-ing isn't the problem in itself. It is that the
sumif points to linked cells that is the problem. Once I pointed the SUMIF to the original spreadsheet field it was instantaneous. Thanks for your response anyway, Marina "Niek Otten" wrote: I meant: Sumif-ing 65535 ROWS may take quite some time. -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Niek Otten" wrote in message ... Hi Marina, Sumif-ing 65535 may take quite some time. Test to see whether =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D3:D20,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I20) does work -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Marina" wrote in message ... I have an issue where whenever the cells on a worksheet are selected for re-calculation, it gets "stuck" at 0% and causes Excel to stop responding. The spreadsheet is designed to do the following: - First worksheet lifts data from another spreadsheet via link function. - Second worksheet calculates totals based on the data in the first worksheet. For example, calculations include things like: =SUMIF('First Worksheet'!D:D,"Michael",'First Worksheet'!I3:I65535) This is done to sum all of Michael's entries and is repeated for each person. There is then a total to sum entries for groups of people. I have tried re-calculating based on auto and manual with the same results. The CPU appears to max out at 100% and the application hangs. I am running WinXP SP2, Excel 2003, P4 2.4Hz, 512MB RAM and have downloaded all Excel 2003 updates. Just as a sidenote, if I re-create the formula in a new cell it calculates instantly. Is it possible that the formulas need to calculate in a certain order and this is causing the problem? I would appreciate any help you can offer with this problem. Marina |
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