Excel Help Please - so frustrated

I've been using the same formula for years, but it has decided not to work today for some odd reason. Is it a setting issue on excel? (using 2010 excel).

=if(iserror(vlookup (A2,data!A:C,3,false)),"",vlookup(A2,data!A:C,3,false))
The issue is that the "A2" in the first argument and the "A2" in the second argument are different, so I am getting a circular reference. Shouldn't the "A2" reference the original sheet in both arguments?
(I know there is a iferror and some other formula possible, but just frustrated as to why this doesn't work)
Thanks.

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