Clarifications on Excel
Hello Gurus ,
I have a scenario in excel , where I have three cells
Cell 1 is the Qty
Cell 2 is the unit price
Cell 3 is the total price
there is formula added Cell 3 = Cell 2 * Cell 1
Now I don't want to show the value of Cell 1 and needs to mention as " LS" .
Question is : how can I change the particar cell ( in this case , Cell 1) to "LS" , without affecting the formulae of calculation
Regards,
Sid
I have a scenario in excel , where I have three cells
Cell 1 is the Qty
Cell 2 is the unit price
Cell 3 is the total price
there is formula added Cell 3 = Cell 2 * Cell 1
Now I don't want to show the value of Cell 1 and needs to mention as " LS" .
Question is : how can I change the particar cell ( in this case , Cell 1) to "LS" , without affecting the formulae of calculation
Regards,
Sid
Roy Cox
What is LS?
ASKER
Sorry I meant lumpsum as "LS" , so that I don't want to reveal the quantities
So is LS a always the same value?
Hello,
can you step back and explain the bigger picture? As in "why" do you need to hide the quantity? If the total is the product of quantity and unit price, it can be calculated from the total price.
What do you want to achieve? Maybe there are different approaches.
cheers, teylyn
can you step back and explain the bigger picture? As in "why" do you need to hide the quantity? If the total is the product of quantity and unit price, it can be calculated from the total price.
What do you want to achieve? Maybe there are different approaches.
cheers, teylyn
ASKER
hi , all
just to rephrase my requirement
the sheet is a Bill of Material , so when I prepare a particular cell lets say example shown below.
Description Qty Unit Price Total Price
Services Prices 1 20 20
consider the example , total price is formulated to be Unit times Qty
Now , I want to change the Qty 1 to be renamed as LS' Lumpsum' . inorder not to affect the formula . So that whoever reads the excel will not see the quantities mentioned .
What I know , if I format that particular cell , it can be renamed to whatever words you need to type on it .
BR
just to rephrase my requirement
the sheet is a Bill of Material , so when I prepare a particular cell lets say example shown below.
Description Qty Unit Price Total Price
Services Prices 1 20 20
consider the example , total price is formulated to be Unit times Qty
Now , I want to change the Qty 1 to be renamed as LS' Lumpsum' . inorder not to affect the formula . So that whoever reads the excel will not see the quantities mentioned .
What I know , if I format that particular cell , it can be renamed to whatever words you need to type on it .
BR
It's still not clear. Will only one cell be used for QTY. Will quantities vary?
If you want to hide the contents of the formula then use Sheet protection
1. First select all the cells on the sheet by pressing the icon next to A and above 1.
2.Right click on the sheet and choose Format cells
3.In the Protection Tab clear the selections
4.Next select the cell(s) with Formulas
5.Format cells -> Protection and tick both boxes.
Protect the sheet and the formulas will not be visible.
If you want to hide the contents of the formula then use Sheet protection
1. First select all the cells on the sheet by pressing the icon next to A and above 1.
2.Right click on the sheet and choose Format cells
3.In the Protection Tab clear the selections
4.Next select the cell(s) with Formulas
5.Format cells -> Protection and tick both boxes.
Protect the sheet and the formulas will not be visible.
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Possibly you can create a Named Range on a hidden sheet called LS then enter quantirties in that cell. The formula in the Bill would be
=LS*G2
LS.xlsx
=LS*G2
LS.xlsx
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