The most basic example of a GETPIVOTDATA formula in Microsoft Excel is when the function is used to retrieve a grand total of ...

If Excel is not highlighting cells in the formula, place the cursor in the cell containing the formula and press fn+f2. This should highlight all the cell references.

Cells in Excel are referred to using relative or absolute references. A formula with relative references changes when the cell's position does.

Understanding Excel References When you are using Microsoft Excel, it's common to have a formula in one cell reference another cell in order to use that cell's data in a computation.

Excel found a problem with one or more formula references in this worksheet. Check that the cell references, range names, defined names, and links to other workbooks in your formulas are all correct.

Microsoft Excel updates cell references when you copy an expression. Here are a couple of workarounds for those rare occasions when you don't want to change the cell references.

Learn how to identify formula cells the easy way using VBA, and then combine VBA and conditional formatting for more permanent identification.

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