Bug 59108 - no formula update when deleteing referenced row/column
Summary: no formula update when deleteing referenced row/column
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.0.3.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium major
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2013-01-07 17:20 UTC by zhawk83
Modified: 2016-05-06 16:55 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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referencing deleted row/column (8.16 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2013-01-07 17:20 UTC, zhawk83
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Description zhawk83 2013-01-07 17:20:06 UTC
Created attachment 72642 [details]
referencing deleted row/column

I have cells referencing a previous row/column.
When I delete that referenced row/column then the formula shows "#REF!".
I expect it to reference the new row/column which is now its previous one.

I have attached a simple test file. Either delete row 2 or delete column B.
When deleting row 2, I expect D3 (which will then be D2) to show the content of C1.
When deleting column B, I expect D1 (which will then be C1) to show the content of the new B1 (which was C1).
Using an absolut reference ($B$1) does not work.
Comment 1 zhawk83 2013-02-07 16:17:45 UTC
This bug still exists on v4.0.0.3 release
Comment 2 A (Andy) 2013-03-29 21:43:31 UTC
reproducible with LO 4.0.1.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit), but I am not sure if this is a bug
Comment 3 Ferdinand 2013-06-08 08:14:49 UTC
deleting referenced cells (delete row/column) must not be allowed - at least not without warning

this is especially enoying if the referencing cell is on another tab and sometimes the missing reference is only detected after hours/month
and no one remembers what the source has been

a must for a "business" tool
Comment 4 pierre-yves samyn 2014-06-20 13:46:14 UTC
*** Bug 80284 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 ign_christian 2014-06-20 15:04:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> ... - at least
> not without warning

I tend to agree with Ferdinand, maybe popup box warning should be sufficient. 

Btw Kingsoft Office and AOO 4.1.0 also behave like LO currently, don't know with MSO.
Comment 6 zhawk83 2014-09-21 16:33:57 UTC
I could test it with MSO2010 and the behaviour is the same as LO does.
Maybe this was working with an older version of MSO?
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2015-10-14 19:57:48 UTC
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Comment 8 zhawk83 2015-10-15 16:30:14 UTC
Installed v5.0.2 and issue still exists
Comment 9 Eike Rathke 2016-05-06 16:55:44 UTC
This is not a bug. References referencing exactly one deleted sheet/column/row  are invalidated if that very sheet/column/row is deleted, never point to something different after.