I have a huge spreadsheet for estimating material. Within many cells are formulas that return quantities of material based on values entered in cells on another sheet.
I am in the stage of troubleshooting the formulas and want to know if there is a function in excel that would allow me to select a cell and see the formula, AND it would highlight the actual parts of the formula that the answer is based upon.
Here is an sample formula that provides the quantity of 2x4x92 5/8" pieces for a specific wall section. The references to indexing a table are to calculate the quantity of pieces for a specific length beam. I have looked at the floorplan and manually counted the pieces and find the formula is too high by almost 34%. AND if it is calculating for a beam, in this particular case there is no beam required.
The answer in this example is 12. That is 12 studs for a 6' long wall with 16" o.c. spacing and no doors. Based on floorplan there should only need to be 6 studs plus top and bottom plates
=IF(AND(Tasks!H8="y",Tasks!H9=4,Tasks!H10>0,Tasks!H11<=96,Tasks!H22="F"),ROUNDUP((Tasks!H10/92.625)*3,0)+ROUNDUP(((Tasks!H10/Tasks!H38))+1,0),0)+IF(AND(Tasks!H9=4,ROUNDUP(Tasks!H10/12,0)>0),INDEX(Tasks!$CB$3:$CE$94,MATCH(ROUNDUP(Tasks!H$10/12,0),Tasks!$CA$3:$CA$94,0),MATCH(Tasks!$CH2,Tasks!$CB$2:$CE$2,0))*Tasks!H39,0)
Referencing the Tasks sheet:
H8=build wall, yes or no
H9= size of stud (2x4, 2x6, etc)
H10=length of wall in inches (example is 72)
H11=wall height. In this case it sets stud length required to be 92 5/8. This is to conserve on waste, no sense chopping up 8' long studs when 92 5/8 is adequate.
H22=type of wall construction (Framed, Poured concrete, Concrete block) in this case it is Framed
H38=stud spacing, in this case 16"
H39=number of plates, 2 or 3. In this case 3
So, is there a way to click on the formula cell and have the parts of formula that are used to calculate the result highlighted?
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