SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan
Finding and Calculating in Excel Services
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 allows you to specify different calculation formulas in a workbook. Once you set up a formula in a workbook and publish it to SharePoint's Excel Services, your Excel calculation setting is supported and retained in the workbook. Table 18-2 presents the different calculation formula settings supported in both Office Excel 2007 and SharePoint Excel Services 2007.
Table 18-2. Calculation methods in Excel and Excel Services
|
Calculation method |
Office Excel 2007 and SharePoint Excel Services 2007 |
|---|---|
|
Manual workbook calculation |
You must manually initiate the calculation by issuing a toolbar or keyboard command. |
|
Manual worksheet calculation |
You must manually initiate the calculation by issuing a toolbar or keyboard command. |
|
Automatic calculation |
Your workbook is automatically recalculated whenever you change the formula or a cell referencing the formula |
|
Automatic except tables |
Your workbook is automatically recalculated whenever you change the formula or a cell referencing the formula, except for any formulas and referenced cells that were created by an Excel Data Table as part of the What-if analysis suite of commands. |
|
Recalculate Before Save |
When you save the workbook, it is automatically recalculated and then saved. |
Tip
If you want to always be able to see when the workbook was last calculated, you can add the following in one of the cells contained in this formula:
="Last calculated at: "& TEXT(NOW(),"m/d/yyyy ...
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