Method Range of object Global failed

Question

I keep getting a method range of object __global error for my code, even though I have initialised the worksheet and ensured that the name is correct. Any help? The code is supposed to be finding a range of cells with data in to be put into a second spreadsheet

Sub potential()

'Add hours for potential work to generate function

Sheets("Resourcing Sit-Rep").Select

p = Range("Potential person").End(xlDown).Row - Range("Potential person").Row
For k = 1 To p

    For j = 1 To 187
        If Range("hours").Offset(k, j).Value > 0 Then

        Sheets("Resource Forecast").Select
            Val5 = Range("Potential person").Offset(k, 1).Value
            Val6 = Range("Potential person").Offset(k).Value
            Val7 = Range("hours").Offset(k, j).Value
            Val8 = Range("date").Offset(0, j).Value

        Sheets("Resourcing Sit-Rep").Select
            A = Range("Leader").Offset(0, 2).End(xlDown).Row - Range("Leader").Offset(0, 2).Row + 1

            Range("Leader").Offset(A, 2).Formula = Sheets("Resource Forecast").Range("Project_Number").Value & " (" & Sheets("Resource Forecast").Range("Project_Name").Value & ") - " & Val5 & " POTENTIAL WORK"
            Range("Leader").Offset(A, 3).Formula = Val6
            Range("Leader").Offset(A, 4).Formula = Val7 / 7.5
            Range("Leader").Offset(A, 5).Formula = Val8

         Else

         End If

    Next j

Next k
'Range("Leader").Offset(1, 0).Resize(1, 2).AutoFill Destination:=Range("A4", Cells(Range("Leader").Offset(0, 2).End(xlDown).Row, 2)), Type:=xlFillDefault

End Sub

Answer 1

First thing I'd say is that you should always qualify your ranges with specifics worksheet objects.

But your issue is that this:

Range("Potential person") doesnt work. The Range Method cannot find such a range.

Excel Named Ranges cannot have spaces in them, so either your ranges have underscores or something. Try with simple test without spaces, and you should make progress.