Ok, I created two basic spreadsheets that demonstrate the problem, but
you'll have to adjust the formula for the file location on your computer
- unless someone can tell me how to make it just a relative reference
that assumes the called document is in the same location as the one
calling it.

On Tue Jan 17 2017 12:46:05 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Scratch this... I actually decided to go ahead and create these for
> anyone who asked, but discovered these work as expected.
> 
> So, it must have something to do with the VLOOKUP I'm using. I'm working
> on recreating these, and will follow-up once I'm done.
> 
> That said, if anyone knows how to use relative references to external
> spreadsheets (meaning, the reference assumes the referenced spreadsheet
> is in the same location/directory as the one calling it), I'd be most
> appreciative.
> 
> 
> On Tue Jan 17 2017 12:26:26 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Tanstaafl
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mon Jan 16 2017 18:16:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), m.a.riosv
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Please could you share sample files to test?
>>
>> I can't share the specific files, they contain sensitive financial
>> information.
>>
>> But it should be easy to recreate...
>>
>> Create two spreadsheets, 'A' and 'B'
>>
>> Define column A in spreadsheet 'A' as Number/Currency, enter some
>> numbers in column A
>>
>> Define column A in spreadsheet 'B' as Number/Currency, define formula to
>> reference column A in spreadsheet 'A', fill down to include rows in
>> spreadsheet 'A' with nothing in them
>>
>> Sort column A in spreadsheet 'B' in descending order
>>
>> Note that all of the blank cells are sorted ABOVE the ones with values,
>> when they should be sorted BELOW (treated as zeros, so less than any non
>> blank/zero value).
>>
>> Sorting the same rows directly in spreadsheet 'A' puts the empty cells
>> BELOW the cells with values
>>
> 
> 


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