How do I sort a table in Excel if it has cell references in it?

Question

I have a table of data in excel in sheet 1 which references various different cells in many other sheets. When I try to sort or filter the sheet, the references change when

Answer 1

A very simple way is to keep the problem columns out of the filtered data, but add a column into the filtered section with cell references to them (simply "='cell'").

That way the problem formulas will remain untouched but the filtered data will reference them correctly so you can use those cells to sort accordingly