Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Features : Easy Auditing of formula dependents and precedents , including object dependencies charts, pivot tables, form controls, Validation formulas, Conditional formatting formulas, etcetera Find circular references yes, all of them!
Trace errors Time your workbook calculation for each worksheet to find bottlenecks Check columns for formula inconsistencies Tools : Error Checking — Checks the active worksheet for errors. The example below helps you master Formula Auditing quickly and easily. Select cell C Result: As expected, Total cost and Group size are used to calculate the Cost per person. Click Trace Precedents again. As expected, the different costs are used to calculate the Total cost.
Remove Arrows To remove the arrows, execute the following steps. Trace Dependents To show arrows that indicate which cells depend on a selected cell, execute the following steps.
Result: As expected, the Cost per person depends on the Group size. Show Formulas By default, Excel shows the results of formulas. Excel Formula Auditing commands provide you an easy way to find. These findings are shown graphically by arrow lines that makes the visualization easy.
You can display all the formulas in the active worksheet with a single command. If your formulas refer to cells in a different workbook, open that workbook also. Excel cannot go to a cell in a workbook that is not open. Two arrows, one from B2 to C2 and another from C4 to C2 will be displayed, tracing the precedents.
Note that for tracing precedents of a cell, the cell should have a formula with valid references. Otherwise, you will get an error message. Dependent cells contain formulas that refer to other cells. That means, if the active cell contributes to a formula in another cell, the other cell is a dependent cell on the active cell. Therefore, C2 is a dependent cell on the cells B2 and C4.
Click Remove Arrows in the Formula Auditing group. All the arrows in the worksheet will disappear. You have understood the concept of Precedents and Dependents.
Now, consider a worksheet with several formulae. When we start to create complex formulas that span several lines it can become quite cumbersome to track errors or problems with said formulas. Luckily Excel and previous versions of Excel ship with a slew of powerful tools to help us catch those errors and correct them. To use the Auditing Tools in Excel click on the formula you wish to audit. Use one of the tools in the Formula Auditing group.
When you click on the Trace Precedents tool for a selected cell containing a formula , a set of arrows will appear pointing to the cell. These arrows indicate all of the cells a , b , c , d , e that are included in the formula for the selected A cell. This helps you determine where the values that make up your formula come from. You can always figure out which cells the formula relies on by viewing the formula, but this is much more appealing for the visually inclined.
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