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

The answer for me was to separate the data into two grids with a blank column between them. The grid on the left is the data you want to be able to sort, the grid on the right contains the formula you want to calculate. When you sort, the formula simply work on the data in the rows in the left-hand grid and do not get the row references mixed up by the sort.