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  1. 03-17-2014, 03:50 AM #1
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    Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Hi All,

    I'm currently working on a very large file and excel is consistently crashing on me. I believe this is largely due to the number of indirect functions I'm using. I have 31 sheets, named D1 - D31, for each day of the month. I then have a data sheet and 6 sheets analysing the monthly data. These 6 sheets are where the INDIRECT functions are.

    Here is an example of a SUMIF formula that I need to extract from ranges in the monthly sheets: (Cell K3 provides the number from the date selected by the user)

    =SUMIFS(INDIRECT("'D"&$K$3&"'!$C$290:$C$1401"),INDIRECT("'D"&$K$3&"'!$B$290:$B$1401"),"Total",INDIRECT("'D"&$K$3&"'!$AE$290:$AE$1401"),"DT")

    Does anyone know of a way I can get this data with non-volatile functions? This is just one (and not the most complex) of many INDIRECT formula in these sheets.

    Thanks,

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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    May be set the calculation mode of that workbook to Manual instead of Automatic.

    Press F9 whenever you need to initiate the manual calculation

    Other than this you have to go for VBA solution, I think so...


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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Why must you have a sheet for each day? It is this that makes your reporting cumbersome.
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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Another question someone may know off the top of their heads...

    Which is more efficient?

    Smaller formulas in multiple cells and then references to these cells in the final cell to calculate

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    One cell with a larger formula doing all necessary calculations itself

    Thanks to all those helping me with this

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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Does anyone know of a way I can get this data with non-volatile functions?
    You could replace the INDIRECTS with CHOOSE functions.

    However, this will make the formula(s) very long.
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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Quote Originally Posted by AndyFarrell79 View Post
    Another question someone may know off the top of their heads...
    It depends on what the formula is doing/how many cells it references.

    If you need 1000's of smaller intermediate formulas it may not be worth it. The only way to know for sure is to try it and see what happens.
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    Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Cross-posted - http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-q...-function.html
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    Smile Re: Non-volatile substitute for INDIRECT function

    Thank you all who have offered their help with this. I do appreciate your time and knowledge. I've decided to attack the problem from a different angle and the thread can be found at:

    http://www.excelforum.com/excel-form...ml#post3634031

    Thanks again,

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