Excel MATCH function not working with automatic data update

Question

I have an excel function that looks like this:

=MATCH($A3,Table[Column],FALSE)+1

What this function does is return me the row number of the matching row where

 table[column] == $A3

and this is working fine in a static file. However as soon as I made the data from Table to automatically update every minute it just stopped working (I get #N/A error as the function return).

Answer 1

After imports/updates to tables and pivot tables, you often need to use the Refresh All button in the data toolbar. That should clear this issue right up! I would even create a VBA macro to call the refresh automatically after every update.

I've also found it's better to use named ranges or dynamic named ranges in situations such as this. Check this out: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830287