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    shorting big summary files refresh time?

    Hi again
    I'm working on a monster file having a RAW DATA sheet, analysis sheets and a summary sheet which "milks" the relevant outputs into the preset table’s presentation. The point is the Milking is "alive" and not "copy/paste" like such that any new analysis is immediately summarized. It's only an 8M file but it freezes for "computing cells" every 20-30 second for about 30 seconds. This has a good potential for driving a person crazy. Any idea why is it so slow? Any way to set the update-time to longer time intervals or to update only cells which origin has been changed lately?

    thnks all

    yoniman
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    Re: shorting big summary files refresh time?

    Possible Causes:
    Volatility
    Most likely you have laced the doc with some volatile functions, functions that recalculate every time the sheet recalcs, whether they need to or not.

    Some of Excel’s functions are obviously volatile: RAND(), NOW(), TODAY()

    Others are less obviously volatile: OFFSET(), CELL(), INDIRECT(), INFO()

    Array functions used for "milking"
    CSE formulas or a massive use of SUMPRODUCT type formulas can drastically effect large datasheet analysis.

    Solutions: - simplest is to turn off Automatic calculation. Tools > Options > Calculation > Manual ...but that takes some getting used to since the data no longer updates in real-time. You will have to remember to press F9 anytime you want the results refreshed.

    Other - redesign your formulas to use fewer volatile functions and less/no array formulas. This often requires addition of helper columns to the original data so array formulas no longer need to figure out everything for themselves. Instead of having each cell "milk" certain values over and over again for thousands of cells, you can do some evaluations once in the raw data itself as another column, then simply sum/refer to the already evaluated data in the summary.

    Post up a sample of your doc and I'm sure we can offer some streamlining suggestions if this doesn't give you enough to suss it out on your own.
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    Ohhhh JBeaucaire - this is exactly what I wanted!
    I'll just check to make sure that turning off the auto-calc affects the specific file and not all of them.

    u can't believe how happy u made me - and u r right: there are many OFFSET, INDIRECT and LOOKUPs in this file.

    thank u!!!

    p.s.
    thankx for the offer but this file is way toooo heavy to rebuilt again. I will however keep your advices in mind for next time

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    Re: shorting big summary files refresh time?

    Manual calculation is a global setting. Bummer on that one. I suppose you could create a couple of macros in this sheet that sets the Calc to Manual when you open it, and back to Auto when you close it.

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