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    chriswrcg is offline Competent Performer
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    getting #error message from query and I don't know why


    I am getting an error message from a simple calculation.
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    The formula is performance * utilization. Both numbers are a percentage if that has anything to do with it. 72% times 76% is 57%. But instead I get #ERROR
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    They are left aligned, thus seen as text values. I'd change that at the source, but you can work around it by surrounding each in the CDbl() function.
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    chriswrcg is offline Competent Performer
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    Thanks, that did it!

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    Happy to help!
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