Is there a way to disable all code located in every cell of a sheet by using a function in Google App Script?
For example in A1 I have:
=query(d10Thur0721!B2:I1275, "select B, C, D, E where D > 0", 0)
In H2 I have:
=if($G$9="", "", "men:"&roundup(sum(countif($G$9:$G$551, "*m*")-countif(G9:G600, "*mef*"))/countif($G$9:$G$551, "**")*100))&"%"
In theory I'd like to just replace the = with '= thus disabling all the code however I'm not sure how to get the script grab the actual code in the cell. If I reference the cell A1 Google Apps Script will return whatever value is in the cell and not the actual code residing in A1.
To get the cell formula use SpreadsheetApp.Range.getFormula(), to get the formulas of all cells in a range use SpreadsheetApp.Range.getFormulas().
To set the cell formula use SpreadsheetApp.Range.setFormula(formula) where formula is a string, to get the formulas of all cells in a range use SpreadsheetApp.Range.setFormulas(formulas) where formulas is string[][] (an 2D Array, outer Array elements are Arrays of strings).
To set the cell values use SpreadsheetApp.Range.setValue(value) where value is a string, to set the values of all cells in a range use SpreadsheetApp.Range.setValues(values) where values is string[][] (an 2D Array, outer Array elements are Arrays of strings).
Below is a "creative" script. It disable the formulas in the active range keeping the values of cells not having formulas.
Instead of using getFormula and getFormulas / setFormula and setFormulas, it only use getValues and getFormulas and instead of setFormula/ setFormulas it uses setValues(values)
/**
* Disable formulas in the active range.
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/74329523/1595451
*
* #author Rubén https://stackoverflow.com/users/1595451/rubén
*/
function disableFormulas(){
const range = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange();
const formulas = range.getFormulas();
const values = range.getValues();
range.setValues(formulas
.map((rowFormulas, row) => rowFormulas
.map((formula, column) => formula
? formula.replace(/^=/,`'=`)
: values[row][column];
)
)
)
}
Reference
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/range
Related
I have the following scenario where I want to concatenate cells in different columns but the quantity of columns differs from case to case.
example1: In cell A2 there is the value of 70286 & and the cell B2 there is the value of playmobil.
The end result in F2 should be +70286 +playmobil
example2: In cell A4 there is the value of 70666, in the cell B4 there is the value of lego and in the cell C4 there is the value of ninjago.
The end result in F2 should be +70666 +lego +ninjago
Solutions:
Google Sheet Formula:
You can use TEXTJOIN and if you want a plus sign in front of the string you can use CONCAT to add it.
Use this formula in column F:
=CONCAT("+",textjoin(" +", 1, A2:E2))
If you don't know how many columns you want to use, then you can select the full row:
=CONCAT("+",textjoin(" +", 1, A2:2))
Google Apps Script:
We get the data of the second row as a 2D array using getValues().
Then we apply flat() to convert it to 1D.
The next step is to remove the empty cells by using filter().
Finally, we use reduce() to get the final string as the sum of all strings.
The logic can be easily adjusted. You can do this logic for multiple cells etc.
Code snippet:
function myFunction() {
const sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
const row = 2;
const data=sh.getRange(row,1,1,sh.getMaxColumns()).
getValues().
flat().
filter(c=>c!='').
reduce( (a, b) => `${a} +${b}`);
const result = `+${data}`;
sh.getRange('F1').setValue(result);
Logger.log(result);
}
I'm very new to Google Scripts so any assistance is greatly appreciated.
I'm stuck on how to apply my formula which uses both JOIN and FILTER to an entire column in Google Sheets.
My formula is: =JOIN(", ",FILTER(N:N,B:B=R2))
I need this formula to be added to each cell in Column S (except for the header cell) but with 'R2' changing per row, so in row 3 it's 'R3', row 4 it's 'R4' etc.
This formula works in Google sheets itself but as I have sheet that is auto replaced by a new updated version daily I need to set a google script to run at certain time which I can set up via triggers to add this formula to my designated column.
I've tried a few scripts I've found online but none have been successful.
If you want to solve this using only formulas:
Since your formula is always in the format:
=JOIN(", ",FILTER(N:N,B:B=R<ROW NUMBER>))
and you want to apply it to a very large number of rows, you can use INDIRECT and ROW to achieve a dynamic formula. This answer has a good example on how to use this.
Using formulas you don't risk running into time limits with Apps Script
In practical terms, if you have your data on column A, you can write =ARRAYFORMULA(CONCAT("R",ROW(A2:A))) to get something like this:
Your final formula should look like this:
=JOIN(", ",FILTER($N:$N,B:B=INDIRECT(CONCAT("R",ROW($R2)))))
Also, you can drag it down to other cells like any other formula!
Set the formulas through Apps Script:
You can use setFormulas(formulas) to set a group of formulas to all the cells in a range. formulas, in this case, refers to a 2-dimensional array, the outer array representing the different rows, and each inner array representing the different columns in each specific row. You should build this 2D array with the different formulas, while taking into account that the row index from R should be different for each single formula.
You could do something like this:
function settingFormulas() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var firstRow = 2;
var column = 19; // Column S index
var range = sheet.getRange(firstRow, column, sheet.getLastRow() - firstRow + 1);
var formulas = range.getValues().map((row, index) => {
let rowIndex = index + firstRow;
return ["=JOIN(\", \",FILTER(N:N,B:B=R" + rowIndex + "))"];
});
range.setFormulas(formulas);
}
In this function, the optional index parameter from the method map is used to keep track of the row index, and adding it to the formula.
In this function, the sheet name is used to identify which sheet the function has to set the formulas to (in this case, the name's Sheet1). Here I'm assuming that once the sheet is replaced by a newer one, the sheet name remains the same.
Execute this daily:
Once you have this function, you just have to install the time-driven trigger to execute this function daily, either manually, following these steps, or programmatically, by running this function once:
function creatingTrigger() {
ScriptApp.newTrigger("settingFormulas")
.timeBased()
.everyDays(1)
.create();
}
Reference:
setFormulas(formulas)
getRange(row, column, numRows)
Installable Triggers
Instead of the workaround hacks I implemented a simple joinMatching(matches, values, texts, [sep]) function in Google Apps Script.
In your case it would be just =joinMatching(R1:R, B1:B, N1:N, ", ").
Source:
// Google Apps Script to join texts in a range where values in second range equal to the provided match value
// Solves the need for `arrayformula(join(',', filter()))`, which does not work in Google Sheets
// Instead you can pass a range of match values and get a range of joined texts back
const identity = data => data
const onRange = (data, fn, args, combine = identity) =>
Array.isArray(data)
? combine(data.map(value => onRange(value, fn, args)))
: fn(data, ...(args || []))
const _joinMatching = (match, values, texts, sep = '\n') => {
const columns = texts[0]?.length
if (!columns) return ''
const row = i => Math.floor(i / columns)
const col = i => i % columns
const value = i => values[row(i)][col(i)]
return (
// JSON.stringify(match) +
texts
.flat()
// .map((t, i) => `[${row(i)}:${col(i)}] ${t} (${JSON.stringify(value(i))})`)
.filter((_, i) => value(i) === match)
.join(sep)
)
}
const joinMatching = (matches, values, texts, sep) =>
onRange(matches, _joinMatching, [values, texts, sep])
In a Google Docs spreadsheet, I'm looking for something like =EVAL(A1) where A1 is set to "=1+2".
I found out that in MS Excel there is an EVALUATE() function (which seems a bit tricky to use properly). But I could not find anything similar in Google Docs.
I also searched through the function list, but could not find anything helpful...
No, there's no equivalent to Excel's EVALUATE() in Google Sheets.
There's long history behind this one, see this old post for instance.
If you're just interested in simple math (as shown in your question), that can be done easily with a custom function.
function doMath( formula ) {
// Strip leading "=" if there
if (formula.charAt(0) === '=') formula = formula.substring(1);
return eval(formula)
}
For example, with your A1, put =doMath(A1) in another cell, and it will be 3.
I know this an old post. I'm just wondering, why nobody suggested:
myCell.getValue();
This will give you the result of the formula in myCell (3 in your example).
If you want to write the result to the cell (instead of the formula), you could use:
function fixFormula(myCell) {
myCell.setValue(myCell.getValue());
}
Short answer
As was mentioned previously, Google Sheets doesn't have a built-in EVALUATE function, but Google Sheets could be extended to add this function. Fortunately some SocialCalc files could be used to make this easier.
Script
On Google spreadsheet I'm sharing my progress. At this time I added the SocialCalc files that I think that are required and a couple of functions, and several test cases.
NOTES:
Google Sheets specific functions like FILTER, UNIQUE, among others are not available in SocialCalc as well as other functions like SIGN.
I think that the SocialCalc file should be replaced by those on https://github.com/marcelklehr/socialcalc as it looks to be updated recently. H/T to eddyparkinson (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/16329364/1595451)
Uses
The EVALUATE function on the linked file could be used as a custom function.
Example 1
A1: '=1+2 (please note the use of an apostrophe to make the formula be treated by Google Sheets as a string.
B1 formula:
=EVALUATE(A1)
B1 display value:
3
Example 2
To "EVALUATE" a formula like =VLOOKUP(2,A1:B3,2), at this time we need to use the "advanced" parameters. See the following example:
B1: '=VLOOKUP(2,A1:B3,2)
C1 formula:
=EVALUATE(B1,"data","A1:B3")
C1 display value:
B
Code.gs
/**
*
* Evaluates a string formula
*
* #param {"=1+1"} formula Formula string
* #param {"Tests"} sheetName Target sheet.
* #param {"A1"} coord Target cell.
*
* #customfunction
*
*/
function EVALUATE(formula,sheetName,coord){
// SocialCalc Sheet object
var scSheet = new SocialCalc.Sheet();
if(sheetName && coord){
// Pass values from a Google sheet to a SocialCalc sheet
GS_TO_SC(scSheet,coord,sheetName);
}
var parseinfo = SocialCalc.Formula.ParseFormulaIntoTokens(formula.substring(1));
var value = SocialCalc.Formula.evaluate_parsed_formula(parseinfo,scSheet,1); // parse formula, allowing range return
if(value.type != 'e'){
return value.value;
} else {
return value.error;
}
}
/**
*
* Pass the Google spreadsheet values of the specified range
* to a SocialCalc sheet
*
* See Cell Class on socialcalc-3 for details
*
*/
function GS_TO_SC(scSheet,coord,sheetName){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
if(sheetName){
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetName);
var range = sheet.getRange(coord);
} else {
var range = ss.getRange(coord);
}
var rows = range.getNumRows();
var columns = range.getNumColumns();
var cell,A1Notation,dtype,value,vtype;
// Double loop to pass cells in range to SocialCalc sheet
for(var row = 1; row <= rows; row++){
for(var column = 1; column <= columns; column++){
cell = range.getCell(row,column);
A1Notation = cell.getA1Notation();
value = cell.getValue();
if(cell.isBlank()){
dtype = 'b';
vtype = 'b';
} else {
switch(typeof value){
case 'string':
dtype = 't';
vtype = 't';
break;
case 'date':
case 'number':
dtype = 'v'
vtype = 'n';
break;
}
}
scSheet.cells[A1Notation] = {
datavalue: value,
datatype: dtype,
valuetype: vtype
}
}
}
}
formula1.gs
https://github.com/DanBricklin/socialcalc/blob/master/formula1.js
socialcalcconstants.gs
https://github.com/DanBricklin/socialcalc/blob/master/socialcalcconstants.js
socialcalc-3.gs
https://github.com/DanBricklin/socialcalc/blob/master/socialcalc-3.js
If you want to evaluate simple math(like A1: "(1+2)*9/3"), you can use query:
=query(,"Select "&A1&" label "&A1&" ''",0)
Basic math sent to query's select is evaluated by query.
Copy and paste the formulas:
Maybe you can copy and paste the formulas you need from "jQuery.sheet". Moved to:
https://github.com/Spreadsheets/WickedGrid
Looks to be all "open source"
Wont fix the issue
Also: The issue "Enable scripts to use standard spreadsheet functions" is marked as "Wont fix", see https://code.google.com/p/google-apps-script-issues/issues/detail?id=26
Ethercalc
there is a google like opensource spreadsheet called Ethercalc
GUI Code:
https://github.com/audreyt/ethercalc
Formulas: https://github.com/marcelklehr/socialcalc
Demo - on sandstorm:
https://apps.sandstorm.io/app/a0n6hwm32zjsrzes8gnjg734dh6jwt7x83xdgytspe761pe2asw0
In the case of evaluating a function like
"=GoogleFinance("usdeur","price",date(2013,12,1),date(2013,12,16))"
This can be done this without evaluate by directly referring to other cells like this:
=GoogleFinance(A10,"price",E3,E6)
Simple hack to evaluate formulas in google spreadsheet:
select cells or columns with formulas
go Edit -> Find and replace...
check "Also search in formulas"
replace "=" to "=="
replace back "==" to "="
in the same "Find and replace" window uncheck "Also search in formulas"
formulas will evaluate! :)
Thank you for user3626588's workaround here and it does indeed work. Based off your instructions it looks like it can be simplified even further.
In Cell B1 Enter the following:="=sum(A1:A5)"
In Cell C1 Set a data validation and select B1 with dropdown option.
Now select C1 and select the formula from the dropdown, it will sum any values between A1 through A5 automatically.
I have a sheet where I was creating a complicated formula for multiple values and this process worked!
Thank you once again as I was trying to avoid a script since I have data that is being pulled by another program on my worksheet. Script function do not always run automatically in those situations.
Here is the trick. Insert formula in the required cell, then get retrieve that cell value and replace the already inserted formula with this new value.
function calculateFormula(row, col){
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName("Sheet Name");
sheet.getRange(row,col).setValue("=sum(D6,C12:C14)");
sheetData = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var newValue = sheetData[row-1][col-1];
sheet.getRange(row,col).setValue(newValue);
}
How about just converting a column of expressions which are not preceded by a "+"?
92/120
67/85
etc.
It's a bit of a hack, but this works
get the formula from the cell;
set the formula back again; then
get the value from the cell.
var cell = sheet.getRange("A1");
var formula = cell.getFormula();
cell.setFormula(formula);
var fileCell = cell.getValue();
Awesome work around for google not having evaluate(). I have looked all around and besides script have found no other way to have a formula as a string on one sheet then use that formula on another. In fact everything I've seen says you can't. Would be helpfull if anyone reading this could repost around if they come to an appropriate question since I must have read a half dozen posts saying it wasn't possible before I just rolled up my sleaves and done done it. :) It still has a little clunkyness since you need two cells in the spreadsheet you want the formula to execute, but here goes.
Ok, some set up. We'll call the spreadsheet with the formula as string SpreadsheetA, call the tab the formula is on TabAA, the Spreadsheet you want to call and execute said formula SpreadsheetB. I'll use a multi-tab example, so say you want the sum of A1:A5 on SpreadsheetB tab: TabBA to be calculated on SpreadsheetB tab: TabBB cell A1. Also call the URL of spreadsheet A: URLA
So, in Spreadsheet A Tab: TabAA cell A1 put ="=sum(TabBB!A1:A5)", therefore the cell will display: =sum(A1:A5). Note: you don't need any $ in formula. Then in Spreadsheet B, Tab: TabBB, cell A2 put: =Query(Importrange("URLA","TabAA!A1"),"select Col1 where Col1 <> ''"). That cell will now display =sum(TabBA!A1:A5). Next to that, cell A1 of Spreadsheet B tab: TabBB, create a dropdown of the cell with the formula in B2 (right click cell A1, select data validation, for Criteria select: List from range, enter B2 in box to right). That cell should now be summing SpreadsheetB, TabBA, range A1:A5
Hope that was clear, I'm rather novice at this. Also important, obviously you would only do this in cases where you wanted to choose from multiple formulas on spreadsheetA, instead of TabAA!A1 say you had another formula in A2 also so your query would be =Query(Importrange("URLA","TabAA!A1:A2"). I understand in the simplistic case given you would simply put the formula where you needed the sum.
Edit: Something I noticed, was when I wanted to use a formula with double quotes the above scenario didn't work because when you wrapped the formula with double quotes in double quotes you get an error since you need single quotes inside double quotes. The example I was trying: if(counta(iferror(query(B15:C,"select C where C = 'Rapid Shot' and B = true")))>0,Core!$C$18+$C$10&" / ",)&Core!$C$18+$C$10&if(Core!$C$18>5," / "&Core!$C$18-5+$C$10,)&if(Core!$C$18>10," / "&Core!$C$18-10+$C$10,)&if(Core!$C$18>15," / "&Core!$C$18-15+$C$10,)
In that case I put another formula into Spreadsheet A TabAA cell A2 that read ="="&A1. Then, ajusted the importrange referance in spreadsheet B to reference that cell instead.
BTW, this absolutly works so if you can't get it let me know where your having problems, I don't do a lot of colaboration so maybe I'm not saying something clear or using the right / best terminollagy but again I've seen many posts saying this was impossible and no one saying they had found another way.
Thanx ~ K to the D zizzle.
Here is the working trick to evaluate the concatenated formula string. Use the formula cell as a data validation source for the target cell. Maybe it is not a fully automated solution. But evaluating refreshed formulas has been stripped down to just one click. You just need to reselect the value from the validation box when it is necessary. Many thanks to #Aurielle Perlmann and #user3626588 for the idea.
As an example, when you have set up dynamic multiple concatenations of such below formula in another sheet, this will work well with selecting validation option.
In my case, pressing enter twice is not userfriendly.
=({FILTER(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); INDEX(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); 0; 1) <> ""); FILTER(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); INDEX(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); 0; 1) <> ""); FILTER(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); INDEX(IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc/edit"; "EXPENSES!A2:P"); 0; 1) <> "")})
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Does anyone know if there is a Google apps script out there that does what VMerge does but keeps the formatting of the tables being merged together? (in Google Spreadsheets)
VMerge is a script that can be used as a custom formula but a script that I can trigger myself will do just fine too.
Any help would be much appreciated.
VMerge expects arrays-of-values as parameters, and therefore does not know what cells were referenced creating those arrays. When used as a Custom Formula, the sheet parser resolves all range parameters into their values before passing them to VMerge. Additionally, the parameters may be hard-coded or be the result of Queries or other functions that return ranges. Because of this alone, it's not feasible to modify VMerge to copy cell formats to the new merged table.
Complicating things further, Custom Functions cannot modify cells outside of the one they are attached to, they can only return values or arrays of values. From comment in Issue 37:
2) Scripts used as cell functions are not allowed to do complex things
like connect to other APIs or set the values of other cells. Scripts
used as cell functions are only allowed to return a value.
So you're going to have to settle for a function you call from scripts. The following function will join multiple ranges into a new table at a given anchor point. Because I started out trying to make this a custom function callable from a sheet, the parameters are string expressions of ranges, in a1Notation. (It could easily be refactored to deal directly with Range objects.)
The "Anchor" for the new range is expected to be a cell. One or more ranges of any size may be joined - each will be positioned directly below the previous.
Examples:
VJoin("D1","A1:B"); - All of columns A & B duplicated in columns D & E
VJoin("Sheet2!A1","Sheet1!C9:E10","Sheet1!A14:B15"); - Two different ranges in Sheet 1 joined and copied to Sheet 2.
Here's the code:
/*
* Vertically join the ranges from multiple sources into a new table
* starting at the given anchor point. Values and formatting are copied.
*
* #param {a1Notation} anchorA1 Anchor for joined table.
* #param {a1Notation} sources One or more source ranges.
*/
function VJoin(anchorA1,sources) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var anchor = sheet.getRange(anchorA1);
var anchorSheet = anchor.getSheet(); // in case anchorA1 is not on the "active sheet"
var nextAnchor = anchor;
for (var i in arguments) {
// Arguments are expected to be Strings, containing a1Notation.
if (i == 0) continue; // First argument was anchorA1, skip it.
if (arguments[i].constructor == String) {
var source = sheet.getRange(arguments[i]);
var destination = anchorSheet.getRange(nextAnchor.getRow(), nextAnchor.getColumn(),
source.getNumRows(), source.getNumColumns() );
// Copy all values & formatting to new location.
source.copyTo(destination);
// Prepare for next range by moving our anchor
nextAnchor = sheet.getRange(nextAnchor.getRow() + source.getNumRows(),
nextAnchor.getColumn());
}
else {
throw new Error ("Expected String containing a1Notation.")
}
}
}
If you need a separate script to bring over the formatting...
function myFunction() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var s = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
s.getRange('A1').copyFormatToRange(sheet, column, columnEnd, row, rowEnd);
}
I find the below built in functions to work well pulling information from different Google Sheet files. I have defined named ranges to define what columns to pull into the Master, and also know I am having an issue with Feb.
=sort(arrayformula({
importrange("1sTS3AUfoXqXYrMYJrro9pGEKwqVL_k854yhniNOHNWc","JCJan");
importrange("1ETSD4J-8AI-7pVK0hXJKaWtG3RlHKpnco88Yj8sqNN8","JCFeb")}),1,True)
Whithin the same document (workbook), whenever I create named ranges, I have something like Sheet1!A1 but it is always refering to Sheet1. Is there any way in which I could refer to the current spreadsheet instead?
Something like this!A1 which will turn into Sheet1!A1 if I'm currently in Sheet1 or Sheet200!A1 if I'm in Sheet200.
The purpuse is to reuse the same formulas (with already have the named intervals) in all the spreadsheets of the workbook. I found it rather stupid this global and fixed reference. This way I always have to recreate my formulas for each spreadsheet.
A named range refers to a specific range of cells on a specific sheet - I don't see that changing anytime soon.
But here is a custom function you can put into your spreadsheet's script that will "localize" ranges for you. This code is also available for download in this Gist.
/*
* Return a string with the A1 notation for the given range, with
* the sheet reference removed. To use in spreadsheet functions,
* enclose with INDIRECT().
*
* Example:
* =index(INDIRECT(localizeNamedRange(NamedRange1)),12,4)
*
* #param {string} rangeName The name of an existing range in the
* active spreadsheet. It does not matter which
* sheet the range was defined for.
*
* #return {string} The cell range from the provided rangeName,
* in A1 notation.
*/
function localizeNamedRange( rangeName ) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
// Get range by name
var origRange = sheet.getRangeByName(rangeName);
// Get notation for the range, without sheet reference.
var notation = "";
if (origRange !== null) {
notation = origRange.getA1Notation();
}
// Return range in A1 notation
debugger; // pause to examine if running in debugger
return ( notation );
}
Here's an example. NamedRange1 has been defined as "Sheet1!A10:A22". If we put =localizeNamedRange(NamedRange1) in a cell, it will return A10:A22, without the reference to Sheet1. That's a string, so if we want to use it in a formula that expects a range, we need to convert it - and do that, we use the built-in function INDIRECT().
On Sheet1 we have a formula in cell A3 that calculates the average value of NamedRange1. Here's how to define that formula to make it localize-able:
(A3) =AVERAGE(INDIRECT(localizeNamedRange(NamedRange1));
If you now copy Sheet1 into a new Sheet2, you'll find that the formula still works, and that it performs its calculations on the data on Sheet2, even though the Named Range refers to Sheet1.