Formula results varying between today and yesterday

I have a formula pulling info from another sheet. This then feeds into a dashboard metric.

The formula is a COUNTIF for anything with today's date. What is happening (and this sounds crazy....I had to get a couple of people to observe it to confirm it wasn't just me) is that at some moments in time the figure on the dashboard is working correctly, and then at other times it will show the COUNTIF result for yesterday.

The figure will change during auto refresh of the dashboard and I can't for the life of me figure out why.

I've attached a screenshot of the formula in the sheet.

Help please!

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Andrée Starå

Hi David,

It's because when you use the TODAY function, you have to "activate" the sheet(s) to have up-to-date information. The simplest way to make sure that the data is correct is to open the sheet(s) and save.

There are other workarounds as well if you want it to be more automatic.

Hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

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