Excel Hack: Fix Circular Reference Errors with the Circuit Breaker

Published: 24 December 2015
on channel: Adventures in CRE
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00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Understanding Circular References
03:53 - Excel's Standard Functionality
04:53 - The Issue of Accidental Changes
06:06 - Introducing the Circuit Breaker
08:44 - Demonstrating the Circuit Breaker

A trick I learned from a friend and ex-colleague, Matt Robinson, the "Circuit Breaker" Excel hack fixes the incredibly frustrating permanent error issue that sometimes arises when you enter an erroneous value into a cell linked to a circular loop (iterative calculation).

This is a huge time saver, and a feature I now always include in models that rely on iterative calculations.

To learn about the author, visit his blog at: http://www.adventuresincre.com or his personal website at: http://www.spencerburton.org


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