Formula too long

[glenlisa]

Have run into a problem using excel - it is telling me the formula I a
using is too long and will not allow additional data to be entered. Th
excel file is a payroll where worksheets are used to calculate the pay
That information is then transferred to the Master worksheet (gros
summary) then certain fields within the worksheets are selected as par
of the formula on the master. All worked fine until now when trying t
add infomation to the formula due to additional worksheets being adde
... the comment formula too long will not allow additional data an
therefore unable to get the master sheet to balance.

The formula being used is as follows
=Eyears!C16+Eyears!C19+Eyears!C22+ and picks up data from another 30
employees. Any help / suggestions would be appreciated

 

[Guest]

Glenlisa,

It sounds like you need to break it up a little. You can use intermediary
cells with subtotals for example, and then have your master cell add up the
subtotals. Alternatively, you could use vba code to process the cell
containing the extra long formula. It might help if you pasted the whole
formula you are trying to use. It's sometimes easier to envision the solution
when you can see the whole problem.

Roy

 

[glenlisa]

The breaking up of the formula works as it should! Thank

 

[Biff]

Hi!

=Eyears!C16+Eyears!C19+Eyears!C22+

If the pattern of every 3rd cell is constant:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(ROW(Eyears!C16:C150),3)=1),Eyears!C16:C150)

Biff