Bug 140706 - Calc formulas stop functioning correctly when new data is entered into a cell
Summary: Calc formulas stop functioning correctly when new data is entered into a cell
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.0.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Blocks: Calculate
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Reported: 2021-02-27 22:41 UTC by Brandi
Modified: 2021-12-15 04:42 UTC (History)
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Description Brandi 2021-02-27 22:41:57 UTC
I have a spreadsheet with several columns of formulas in it and several times when I have changed the information in a cell, or copied down existing lines with formulas to new lines, the formulas have stopped functioning correctly.  The sums that were previously displayed often change to 0.00, but there are also instances of the sum being significantly higher than it was before the change was made (for example, what should total 97,822.79 changed to 1,549,238,544,545,970,000.00). 

The issue is happening with sum formulas and other formulas where I am just entering a math problem to be solved (for example, =2672.77*.04*2).

It often affects nearly every formula in a column, often in multiple columns, even if the cell that was changed has nothing to do with the calculation in that formula. 

Undoing the change sometimes corrects the issue, but if I make the same change again, the same formulas go back to being incorrect.

Zeroing out an incorrect cell and then undoing that will often result in the information being returned completely changing.  In one instance when I did this the number changed from 25 billion and change to 50 billion and change.  In another instance, it changed from 50 billion and change to -0.00, but then the 50 billion number appears 2 rows below where it had originally been (in both calls, the correct information result should have been 267.277).

If I open the document in Excel, the formulas all return the correct information.  

When the document is opened in Libre Office 7.0.4.2 for Linux, copying the cells with the formulas and pasting them to the same cell fixes the issue, but this does not work on the Windows version (copying and pasting from a cell into a different cell also does not work).  Copying and pasting often just results in different incorrect information being returned.
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2021-03-01 18:37:21 UTC
Do you have enabled, Menu/Data/Calculate/Autocalculate?

[F9] does the calculation?
if not [Shift+Ctr+F9] does the job?
Comment 2 Brandi 2021-03-06 14:35:02 UTC
Autocalculate is enabled.

F9 did not do the calculation, but Shift+Crtl+F9 did.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2021-03-07 04:16:02 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2021-03-07 11:44:47 UTC
Please test with a clean profile, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
Comment 5 Xisco Faulí 2021-05-10 16:15:55 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. To be certain the reported issue is not related to corruption in the user profile, could you please reset your Libreoffice profile ( https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile ) and re-test?

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the issue is still present
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2021-11-14 04:00:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2021-12-15 04:42:16 UTC
Dear Brandi,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
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