Excel Table Sorting Not Working with Index + Row Formula

[Sunnykinz]

So I have an Excel document with 3 Sheets: AS FED, DRY MATTER, SORT BY...

1. The 'AS FEED' sheet contains a table without formulas, just basic numbers.
2. The 'DRY MATTER' sheet contains another table, similar with the previous one. All cells with data in them are linked to 'AS FED' sheet via this formula:

='AS FED'! [collumn and row name] *100/(100-'AS FED'! [corresponding collumn] $44)

e.g. Cell C4 in 'DRY MATTER' sheet has this formula: ='AS FED'!C4*100/(100-'AS FED'!C$44)

1. The 'SORT BY...' sheet contains yet another table. It uses the data from 'DRY MATTER' sheet, as you can see in the photos attached below.

The problem: When I try to sort the ingredients in 'SORT BY...' sheet, only the first collumns move, the others are somehow frozen.

What should I do to unlock those cells? I guess it's a bug with the index + row formula...

Before sorting.png After sorting.png

 

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[Fluff]

Your sort will always fail as the formula is referencing the row it's on.
If the values in col B are also the headers on the the Dry Matter sheet try it like

=INDEX('DRY MATTER'!$B$4:$ZZ$4,MATCH([@[Name of ingredient]],'DRY MATTER'!$B$1:$ZZ$1,0))