There are too many cells referenced by formulas in this sheet

Pierre-Eric Collette

Hi,

I get this message "There are too many cells referenced by formulas in this sheet" every time I load a specific sheet.

Then the sheet disappears & Chrome leaves this message: Aw, Snap, Error code: Out of Memory

Would anyone have an idea how to tackle this ?

I'll try to clean Chrome temporary files to get more available memory.

Are there best practices to reduce the memory countifs use ?

Are Datameshs more memory savvy than vlookups ?

Anything else I should think about ?

Thanks,

Pierre-Eric

Pierre-Eric Collette

Thanks JKHALID. Indeed this is probably a good one.

Since I posted this question I came to use Datamesh much more that vlookups.

There are other downsides to this solution like losing benefit of instantaneous result.

But at least it much more efficient memory-wise.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Pierre-Eric Collette

I hope you're well and safe!

What types of formulas do you have in it? How many columns/rows?

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Pierre-Eric Collette

Hi Andrée,

Thanks for the answer.

The sheet has 32 columns, 2077 lines.

Formulas are countifs & vlookups

I've managed to copy/paste values 1 column worth of vlookup formulas but the problem remains.

The sheet gives me 10 seconds before it crashes

Any additional help would be very much welcome !

Thanks

Pierre-Eric

Pierre-Eric Collette

First error message (Smartsheet):

5 seconds later webpage crashes & browser (Chrome or Edge) through this message:

JKHALID

Did you try replacing the vlookup formula with index/match? It is known to be more efficient than a vlookup.

Pierre-Eric Collette

Thanks JKHALID. Indeed this is probably a good one.

Since I posted this question I came to use Datamesh much more that vlookups.

There are other downsides to this solution like losing benefit of instantaneous result.

But at least it much more efficient memory-wise.