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I get an error message in Microsoft 365 Lists when I try to set up a formula to calculate the average between multiple columns. All selected columns are formatted as numbers, and Totals are selected as Counts.
=AVERAGE([Col6], [Col7], [Col8], [Col9], [Col10], [Col11], [Col12], [Col13], [Col14], [Col15], [Col16], [Col17], [Col18], [Col19], [Col20], [Col21], [Col22])
Error message: A formula has a spelling mistake or refers to a column that does not exist.
The second option I have used is ColumnName and Column_Name as seen below.
=AVERAGE([Section1], [Section2], [Section3], [Section4], [Section5], [Section6], [Section7], [Section8], [Section9], [Section10], [Section11], [Section12], [Section13], [Section14], [Section15])
Error message: A formula has a spelling mistake or refers to a column that does not exist.
=AVERAGE([Section_1], [Section_2], [Section_3], [Section_4], [Section_5], [Section_6], [Section_7], [Section_8], [Section_9], [Section_10], [Section_11], [Section_12], [Section_13], [Section_14], [Section_15])
Error message: A formula has a spelling mistake or refers to a column that does not exist.
Can you please assist with resolving this issue?
Hi @Yuri Azov ,
Thanks for reaching out with your question. It appears that your question does not relate to a Microsoft Open Specifications documentation. Because of this, I've altered the tag to "SharePoint Development" in hopes that it places your question in front of the correct audience.
If your question was regarding an Open Specifications document, please reference the document in question from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/sharepoint_protocols/MS-SPPROTLP/8a50af28-2b50-43d8-9c5a-3e520255ef7e
Michael Bowen
Microsoft Open Specifications
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Hi @Yuri Azov ,
Good day! Welcome to Q&A forum.
A formula has a spelling mistake or refers to a column that does not exist which indicates that the column name is not correct.
Here is an example about how to set up a formula to calculate the average between multiple columns:
Create some “Number (1,1.0,100)” column: number1, number2, number3
Create a calculated column named cal with the following formula: =AVERAGE([number1],[number2],[number3]), and data type choose “Number (1,1.0,100)”:
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