Excel table converted to range but now does not sort properly

tcalleia

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I have an excel table with many formulas that use structured references. When I convert to a range (way easier to work in for my purpose) the structured go away but then I have a problem sorting. They still reference the work sheet that I am in but do change to a cell reference like $AD7.

This is the start of the formula when it is a table with structured references: IF([@[ABC]]=0,"-",IF([@XYZ]="XXX","Manual Review",...
This is the start of the formula when I convert to a range: =IF('Sheet1'!$AD7=0,"-",IF('Sheet1'!$F7="XXX","Manual Review",

It looks OK except for including the sheet name even when it is in the same sheet (not a lookup to another sheet).

But... If I sort the data the rows keep the original row value- not the new row. In this example, after my sort the data is now in row 1,514 but it is still referencing row 7, even though there is no $ on the 7 in the formula.
IF('Sheet1'!$AD7=0,"-",IF('Sheet1'!$F7="XXX","Manual Review",

Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there any way to fix this without having to rewrite all of my formulas to be non-structured references?
Thanks in advance for any assistance:-)
 

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I hope I understand correctly.
Try not to include the columns holding a formula in the sort.

Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E3:E12E3=IF(D3<10,C3,"blabla")
F3:F12F3=FORMULATEXT(E3)

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Formulas stay "in place".
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E3:E12E3=IF(D3<10,C3,"blabla")
F3:F12F3=FORMULATEXT(E3)
 
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GraH- Thank you for your time trying to solve my problem:-)
Unfortunately for my situation I have many formula columns all among several non formula columns so this solution will not work for me. I did find my own work around though which seems to maybe the only one that is close to what I need. For my example I do a find and replace on the sheet name and replace it with nothing. This hangs up the report a bit because of the volume it is finding and replacing but it solves the sort problem. Once I get the active sheet name out of the formulas all sort works as expected.
I will mark as solved since we now have 2 round about solutions.

Thanks much Grah!
 
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