#Type! Error (1 Viewer)

The following formula is giving me a "#Type!" message in a text box.

=Nz([Cat1T],0)+Nz([Cat2T],0)+Nz([Cat3T],0)+Nz([Cat4T],0)

I have two other textboxes doing a similar formula and they work fine. I cannot figure out the cause. The two working formulas are below:

=Nz([T1Load],0)+Nz([T2Load],0)+Nz([t3load],0)+Nz([t4load],0)
=Nz([T1],0)+Nz([T2],0)+Nz([t3],0)+Nz([t4],0)

in the cells feeding to the first formula, the formula is: =IIf([Cat1Ea]="","",([Cat1Ea]*[txtcount1]))

If I change the IIF statement to be =IIf([Cat1Ea]="",0,([Cat1Ea]*[txtcount1]))
the error disappears.

When you set the value to "" you are creating a string - you can't multiply a string by a Numeric value

Minty said:

When you set the value to "" you are creating a string - you can't multiply a string by a Numeric value

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The Type error shows until I have all 4 preceeding text boxes filled. (The formulas work). The issue is the formula containing the "NZ" (not the multiplication calculations)

I found the solution to me problem:

Changing the True part of the formula (=IIf([Cat1Ea]="","",([Cat1Ea]*[txtcount1])) from "" to null, made the error disappear.


The working formula is: =IIf([Cat1Ea]="",null,([Cat1Ea]*[txtcount1]))

Thank you

dmyoungsal said:

The Type error shows until I have all 4 preceeding text boxes filled. (The formulas work). The issue is the formula containing the "NZ" (not the multiplication calculations)

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My point, that you have reached, was that by having the possibility of the result of the Nz() Function being "", would mean your multiplication would then involve a string which was giving you the #Type error.

Glad you sorted it out.