| Summary: | Undefined values (empty cell) being treated as zero in table formulas | ||
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| Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | Ulrich Windl <u20230201> |
| Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
| Status: | NEW --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | himajin100000, ilmari.lauhakangas, u20230201, xiscofauli |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.0.4.2 release | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | All | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153422 | ||
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| Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 122755 | ||
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Screenshot showing a table with undefined cells (using min, man, and mean)
Example Document |
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FWIW: In current implementation, the only functions that ignore the empty cells are "AVERAGE","COUNT", and "PRODUCT". (i.e. When I create a 1-row and 3-column table, and input 1 to A1, =AVERAGE(<A1:B1>) to C1 and keep the B1 cell empty, the avearge value will be 1, not (1 + 0) /2 = 0.5) https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/source/core/fields/cellfml.cxx?r=94306083&fi=MakeFormula_#360 https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/sw/source/core/fields/cellfml.cxx?r=94306083&fi=MakeFormula_#376 Thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested document is provided. (Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it. See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F for help on how to do so.) Created attachment 172069 [details]
Example Document
This example document should match the screenshot.
I confirm Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 37613bffe4621c444e5a34678bafb2c3a875263d CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.17; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Jumbo Built on 26 April 2022 Dear Ulrich Windl, To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year. There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present. If you have time, please do the following: Test to see if the bug is still present with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. Please DO NOT Update the version field Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker) Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case) If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so: 1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ 2. Test your bug 3. Leave a comment with your results. 4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to 'inherited from OOo'; 4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add 'regression' to keyword Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: https://web.libera.chat/?settings=#libreoffice-qa Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-UntouchedBug |
Created attachment 170065 [details] Screenshot showing a table with undefined cells (using min, man, and mean) As opposed to Calc, Writer treats missing cell data as zero. That makes it hard to use functions like min, max or mean (the min will mostly be zero for positive values, max will be zero for negative values, and the mean will typically be too small. See attached screen shot for a real-life example (measurement data when not all measurements were made).