How to quickly find formula errors in workbook using vba?

cjindenver

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I have about 100 reports that I have to run every day, and they are automated using excel macros. There are a few that are extremely visible to decision makers in my company, and I want to find a way to quickly search the entire report for broken or errored formulas or cell values (#REF, #DIV/0!, etc.) before sending out the report. Some of the files are 10-18 MB, and I am trying to find the most efficient way to find any such errors. I could loop through every cell in the used range of each sheet of each report, but that would take forever. Is there a better way to accomplish this task in VBA that I have somehow been missing? I'm picturing a function that can be used to determine if there are errors anywhere in the report, and then I could use the result (true/false) to send an error notice email. Thanks in advance!
 

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Maybe something like
Code:
Sub cjindenver()
   Dim Ws As Worksheet
   Dim Chk As Range
   
   For Each Ws In Worksheets
      On Error Resume Next
      Set Chk = Ws.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlFormulas, xlErrors)
      On Error GoTo 0
      If Not Chk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "errors on " & Ws.Name
      Set Chk = Nothing
   Next Ws
End Sub
 
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Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
Maybe something like
Code:
Sub cjindenver()
   Dim Ws As Worksheet
   Dim Chk As Range
   
   For Each Ws In Worksheets
      On Error Resume Next
      Set Chk = Ws.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlFormulas, xlErrors)
      On Error GoTo 0
      If Not Chk Is Nothing Then MsgBox "errors on " & Ws.Name
      Set Chk = Nothing
   Next Ws
End Sub


That seems to be doing what I want, and I think I can tweak this a bit to do exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback
 
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