How do you sort a table that contains links to cells in another table?

This is something that I used to be able to do in Numbers but since 2 or 3 updates ago this doesn't seem to happen.
The problem I have is that I have a table that includes cells that are a sum of a number of cells from another table. When I try and sort by a column all the info in the cells change because, I imagine, the commands linking to the cells in the other table are offsetting by however many rows a particular row has moved.
This didn't used to happen; it used to hold on to the same data and links regardless of where the sort function moved a row to.
Had a look through the help pages but can't find anything about it. Has anyone found a way around this?
Thanks in advance.
Matt

Hi mmatt,
There are several ways to create sort-safe formulas. Without knowing what you are doing in your table it is hard to give specific advice but in general INDEX(), OFFSET() and I think INDIRECT() are sort safe- ie they will ocntinue to point to the same cell wherever they are in your sort.
If you want specific advice you would need to provide more info.
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