Handling Errors

Formula errors
Auditing Tools
Tracing Cell relationships

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Cost of a product
Cities Series1 Series2
A ₹ 5.00 ₹ 7.00 ₹ 11.80
B ₹ 6.00 ₹ 6.00
A ₹ 12.00 ₹ 23.00
B ₹ 15.00 ₹ 24.00
A ₹ 8.00 ₹ 12.00
Calculate the average total cost in a series

₹ 118.00 =AVERAGE(SUM(C4:C8,SUM(D4:D8)))
₹ 59.00 =AVERAGE(SUM(C4:C8),SUM(D4:D8))

Importance of precedence

25 25
35 35
910 <--------- 910 <-override
876 <--------- 876 <- default

9 =-3^2 <- negation has highest priority

-9 =0-3^2 <- minus operation has lower precedence than exponentiation operator
 GST 7.50%

Item Total Price Price+GST Units

A-111 1 149 $160.18 14
B-112 0 59.95 $64.45 15
R-112 1 78.5 $84.39 12 <- remove it by pressing space
R-151 0 32.29 $34.71 35
X-213 1 11.49 $12.35 45

(a) Handling Extra Spaces

(b) Blank cells may have a space 5 =COUNTA(E5:E9)
© Identify the cell that contain space 149 =VLOOKUP("B-112",$A$5:$E$9,3)
P("B-112",$A$5:$E$9,3)
 Duty rate 7.50%
Item Per unit price
Problem Solution Total Price Price+Duty Units Problem Solution
A-111 =TRIM(A5) 149 $160.18 14 $11.44 $ 11.44
B-112 B-112 59.95 $64.45 15 $4.30 $ 4.30
R-112 R-112 78.5 $84.39 0 #DIV/0! =IF(E7=0,"",D7/E7)
R-151 R-151 32.29 $34.71 35 $0.99 $ 0.99
X-213 X-213 11.49 $12.35 45 $0.27 $ 0.27

Average 66.246 71.21445 21.8 #DIV/0! $ 4.25

Telemarketing Results

Solutions
Day Calls made Converted Percentage Version1 Version2
1 3567 56 1.57% 1.57% 1.57%
2 3423 78 2.28% 2.28% 2.28%
3 2234 99 4.43% 4.43% 4.43%
4 3100 45 1.45% 1.45% 1.45%
5 3523 33 0.94% 0.94% 0.94%
6 #DIV/0! Nil Calls
7 #DIV/0! Nil Calls
 #### error #Name error #Value erro
Sales Sales
500000 500000 1
1250000 1250000 5

56000 56000 7
34567666 34567666
### 1000000000 3.605551
Total Sales ### Total #NAME? <- unidentified text #VALUE!
#NAME? <- unidentified range

N/A error
Item Unit cost Search an item using vlookup 4
A-111 45 Z-213 #N/A <-incorrect range 6
B-112 44 7
R-112 67 Solution
R-151 30 B-112 44
X-213 40
Z-213 34
 #Value error #Num error #REF error

24 4.89897949
56 7.48331477

-45 Err:502 <-invalid argumentTotal Price

$1000 31.6227766 2367
<- function argument is range 99999999999 1E+308 <-too large 3455
<- incorrect data type 4000

#NULL error
4 5 6
6
7
#REF! =SUM(I13:I15 K13:M13) <-doesn't intersect
5 =SUM(K13:M13 L13:L15)

17 =I13+I14 I15 <-missed opeartor

#REF error

Margin 5.0%

Sell price per

Units unit
45 #NAME?
34 #NAME?
100 #NAME?
One-third 0.33 0.333
One-third 0.33 0.33
One-third 0.33 0.33
Total 0.99 1.00 <- Formula uses the actual values in the range, not the displayed values
he displayed values
commision rate 5.50% Normal commission rate
Sales goal 6.00% Improvement over previous month
Bonus rate 6.50% Paid if sales goal is attained.

Sales Rep Last Month This month change %agechange Goal Met?
Richa 101233 108444 7211 7.12% 1
Sandeep 120933 108434 -12499 -10.34% 0
Omkara 139832 165901 26069 18.64% 1
Shital 98323 100083 5000 5.09% 0
Shivani 78322 79923 1601 2.04% 0
Shrikant 45632 46078 446 0.98% 0
Total 584275 608863 27828 23.54%

Average Commision Rate 6038

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