Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

• The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.
  

#NAME!

• The function name is incorrect or invalid.
  

• The given defined name (if any) is invalid.
  

• There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.
  

• Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.
  

• Colon missing in a cell range reference.
  

#VALUE!

• The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
  For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

• The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.