Simple subtraction formula not working when number goes negative?

Brandon Morales

Hey, im trying to create a formula where my sum will at times go negative. the plan is to highlight cells that go lower than zero.

For some reason the calculation is wrong.

62195 - 72000 should =-9805

the result im getting in smartsheet is 4195

anybody know where i went wrong?

Brandon Morales

i opened up a case with smartsheet and when i re-opened the sheet it was working- maybe it was like you said, a large sheet with many formulas working slowly.

thanks for the help.

Matt Lynn ACT

@Brandon Morales That's interesting. Try wrapping the individual references in a value() function. So …

=value(cell1@row) - value(cell2@row)

Brandon Morales

still wont work…

the formula is working in all the other cells though :/

Leibel S

@Brandon Morales

Is this still an issue? Is any of your data coming from other sheets? Is a lot of it calculated?

Definitely possible it is due to some slowness (if it is a heavy sheet)

Brandon Morales

i opened up a case with smartsheet and when i re-opened the sheet it was working- maybe it was like you said, a large sheet with many formulas working slowly.

thanks for the help.