diff --git a/src/components/spreadsheet-view/columns/utils/column-mapper.ts b/src/components/spreadsheet-view/columns/utils/column-mapper.ts
index 7e1da76d73..edc8681cbf 100644
--- a/src/components/spreadsheet-view/columns/utils/column-mapper.ts
+++ b/src/components/spreadsheet-view/columns/utils/column-mapper.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ import {
 } from '../../../custom-aggrid/custom-aggrid-filters/custom-aggrid-filter.type';
 import { isCalculationRow } from '../../utils/calculation-utils';
 import { ErrorCellRenderer } from '../../../custom-aggrid/cell-renderers';
+import { isAccessorNode, isSymbolNode, parse } from 'mathjs';
+
+function isSingleSymbol(formula: string) {
+    try {
+        const node = parse(formula);
+        return isSymbolNode(node) || isAccessorNode(node);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`Error while parsing formula ${error}`);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
 
 const createValueGetter =
     (colDef: ColumnDefinition) =>
@@ -38,10 +49,16 @@ const createValueGetter =
             });
             const escapedFormula = colDef.formula.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
             const result = limitedEvaluate(escapedFormula, scope);
-            return validateFormulaResult(result, colDef.type);
+            return result ? validateFormulaResult(result, colDef.type) : undefined;
         } catch (e) {
-            if (e instanceof MathJsValidationError) {
-                return { error: e.error };
+            if (e instanceof Error) {
+                if (e instanceof MathJsValidationError) {
+                    return { error: e.error };
+                }
+                // If we encounter a single undefined symbol it won't display an error, it's setup this way to prevent interpreting missing data as errors
+                if (!isSingleSymbol(colDef.formula)) {
+                    return { error: 'spreadsheet/formula/error/generic' };
+                }
             }
             return undefined;
         }
diff --git a/src/translations/spreadsheet-en.ts b/src/translations/spreadsheet-en.ts
index 5492f9f15f..1484bd2205 100644
--- a/src/translations/spreadsheet-en.ts
+++ b/src/translations/spreadsheet-en.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ const spreadsheetEn = {
 
     //Formula errors
     'spreadsheet/formula/error': '#ERROR',
+    'spreadsheet/formula/error/generic': 'Formula returns an error',
     'spreadsheet/formula/import/disabled': 'Function import is disabled',
     'spreadsheet/formula/createUnit/disabled': 'Function createUnit is disabled',
     'spreadsheet/formula/evaluate/disabled': 'Function evaluate is disabled',
diff --git a/src/translations/spreadsheet-fr.ts b/src/translations/spreadsheet-fr.ts
index 3cad2eee2e..8a6ed6fc98 100644
--- a/src/translations/spreadsheet-fr.ts
+++ b/src/translations/spreadsheet-fr.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ const spreadsheetFr = {
 
     //Formula errors
     'spreadsheet/formula/error': '#ERREUR',
+    'spreadsheet/formula/error/generic': 'La formule renvoie une erreur',
     'spreadsheet/formula/import/disabled': 'La fonction import est désactivée',
     'spreadsheet/formula/createUnit/disabled': 'La fonction createUnit est désactivée',
     'spreadsheet/formula/evaluate/disabled': 'La fonction evaluate est désactivée',