Middle Man

This smell arises in worksheets where 'middle man' formulas occur, that contains only a reference to another cell and calculations, like the formula '=Sheet1!A2.' A worksheet suffering from the Middle Man smell could complicate the structure of a spreadsheet, and therefore reduces spreadsheet quality.

Related smells: Middle Man

Reference

F. Hermans, M. Pinzger, A. van Deursen, “Detecting and Visualizing Inter-Worksheet Smells in Spreadsheets”. ICSE 2012, pp. 441–451.