Formulas Not Copying Down When Inserting a New Row in Table

Question

I have a table that has like 15 rows. When I first started the table, I was only using 3 formulas in the row. Now on row 15, I have added 2 more formulas, so there are 5 cells in the row with formulas. However, when I hit tab to start a new row, it only brings down the original 3 formulas, not the new 2 formulas.

I have gone into Options and turned on "Fill formulas in tables to create calculated columns", but it still doesn't work.

The highlighted cells are the cells that have should have the formulas from the above row. It brings down some formulas but not all.

All the other similar questions seem to have VB in them. I am not using VB or know how to use it.

This is happening on multiple spreadsheets and I am clueless what to do.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Any formula that references cells directly ( R61/L61 ) is a relative reference that will change sequentially if you try to copy it down a column, and will also prevent it from auto-populating a new row in a table.

If you change those cell references to absolute references , ( $R$61/$L$61 ), then it will automatically calculate the column with each succeeding row.

NOTE: the $ before the column locks the reference to that column, and the $ before the row locks the reference to the row. You can use a lock on just one or the other if you choose, or both.

Answer 2

I had a similar problem and discovered that when I had a formula that referenced cell locations (eg, =R61/L61 ), the formula wouldn't copy down when I added a new row. When I changed it to reference the column headers (eg, =[@[Net dividends received]]/[@[Book Value]] ), the formulas copied to new rows.

Answer 3

I have been having a similar problem.

I want to have a table to record simple banking transactions. There are 5 columns but only 3 are relevant to this question. [@withdrawal], [@deposit], [@balance] in my table balance is column E.

So the balance computation for row 5 is:

=E4-[@withdrawal]+[@deposit]

I can extend this formula by dragging or copying it but it is not propagated into new rows when the table is extended. With the exception that if I extend the table by dragging the balance formula down that works.

I suspect that the reason that this formula cannot automatically propagate is that it requires a different formula in the first row. Actually the first row needs to have a number in the [@Balance] field.

Answer 4

I had the same problem and for me the solution was the following: The new formulas I added later were NOT starting from the first cell above the title, but midway from the row where I started adding them. When I canceled all the values in the column where the formulas didn't copy down and inserted the formula in the first row under the title, the new formulas copied down without problem and were also added automatically in new rows.