Worksheet!C295 -> Formula Error: Operator ':' has no operands

Question

after a deep searching on google without finding any solution. I'm using Laravel Excel Maatwebsite package. I've already tried setting the calculate parameter on excel config file to false. I found a row on the database that contains this value "=_DateRDV:" but I need to need to keep it on the result excel

When I try to export a database query result to excel I get this error :

PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Calculation\Exception Worksheet!C295 -> Formula Error: Operator ':' has no operands

Answer 1

In Excel cell starting with = is considered to be a formula
=_DateRDV: is not a valid Excel formula, that's why it's giving you an error.
You need to either add an apostrophe in front '=_DateRDV:, or change cell format to text (which I think will basically add ' in front of your text