Excel cell references not updating when referenced cells are sorted.

Posted by Robert Kerr on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Robert Kerr
Published on 2010-04-22T14:51:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 14:54 UTC
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There are two tables, each with 75 entries. Each entry in the 2nd table calls an entry in the first table a parent. One of my 2nd table columns contains the "Parent Price", referencing the Price column in the first table, such as "=E50".

Table 1
Id    Price
1001  79.25
1002  8.99
1003  24.50

Table 2
Id    Price    Parent Price
2001  50.00    =B2
2002  2.81     =B3
2003  12.00    =B4

The problem is when I sort the first table, none of the second table's "Parent Price" references are updated, and still point to the =E50 cell, which is no longer the correct parent.

I don't want to have to name the cells if possible. What style of formula do I enter in the parent price column so that they properly track the cells in the referenced table?

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