Bug 517710 – Cannot select multiple ranges of changing cells for Solver

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Bug 517710 - Cannot select multiple ranges of changing cells for Solver


Summary:	Cannot select multiple ranges of changing cells for Solver


Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Product:	Gnumeric
Classification:	Applications
Component:	Analytics
Version:	1.8.x
Hardware:	Other All

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Morten Welinder
QA Contact:	Jody Goldberg

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Reported:	2008-02-20 17:43 UTC by Michael Cordingley
Modified:	2018-05-22 13:25 UTC

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Description Michael Cordingley 2008-02-20 17:43:26 UTC

Please describe the problem:
It is impossible to select multiple ranges of changing cells within Solver.  Some problems require either discontiguous sets of changing cells or non-rectangular sets of data cells and cannot be solved within Gnumeric.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open Solver
2. Select a range of changing cells
3. Add a comma and select another range


Actual results:
An error message appears.

Expected results:
For multiple cell ranges to be accepted in a comma-separated list.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:

Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2008-02-21 00:24:13 UTC

First of all there are no problems that require either "contiguous sets of changing cells or non-rectangular sets of data cells". In  a spreadsheet you are vrey much in control where you place the cells.

Of course it would be nice if the solver would allow discontiguous selections.

Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 13:25:36 UTC

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