#N/A! Not Available; lookup value not found

_wrong column being searched

_mismatch of data type of the lookup value vs the lookup column

#VALUE! wrong data type of an argument

=SUM(range or number)

=SUM(text) =#VALUE!

=VLOOKUP(variant, range, number, Boolean)

=VLOOKUP(A1, G:H, "hello", 0)

#NAME? function not recognized

_you do not have that function (your Excel is not the latest version)

_misspelling of the function

_forgot to put quotes in a text data type

####### need space

number is not allowed to exist

_imaginary number

_negative time

#REF! the file, sheet, column is missing

#SPILL! function cannot spill because a non-empty cell is blocking the results

#DIV/0! dividing by zero

#CALC! function is not allowed in the current object

#NUM! number too large or too small; reached limit of the data type

12/31/9999

#NULL! the result is empty/null

all the other errors will not fit the situation