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This short tutorial explains the basics of an external reference in Excel, and shows how to reference another sheet and workbook in your formulas. Continue reading →

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  1. How to break the links within the same workbook but different worksheet

  2. hi my formula is
    Here is the formula is my excel named: EXCEL-ONE
    ='[EXCEL-TWO.xlsm]Sheet1'!$B3

    its looking up my second excel named: EXCEL-TWO,
    in the Sheet1, and B3 cell

    and it works flawlessly :D

    my question:
    i would like the Sheet1 word to come from a cell in EXCEL1
    so i would have a blank cell in EXCEL1, that you could type in :
    Sheet1, or Sheet2 or Sheet3 .... giving you knew the name of the tabs in SHEET2 obvisouly,

    is that possible ?

    1. Hello!
      You can learn more about creating an Excel dynamic reference to another workbook with INDIRECT function in Excel in this article on our blog.
      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  3. I want a copy of my excel workbook at other location and if i change one book that can reflect automatically other workbook can this happen please help

    1. Hi Priyanka,

      For this, you need to link every cell of the copy to the corresponding cell in the original workbook. It can be done with a formula like this:

      =[Book1]Sheet1!$A$1

      Where Book1 is the original workbook.

      The detailed steps to make such a reference are described in How to refer to another workbook.

  4. thanks alot

  5. We have an Excel Workbook with 10 to 15 worksheets and all these worksheets interacts with one another for calculations and for data. Some of these worksheets gets Data from other excel workbooks by a cell reference formula. The main workbook depends on worksheets and other excel files/workbooks to get data and do calculations this work is done once a year. So many references, formulas and calculation are involved. Each year we copy all the last year workbooks and update the source files to do the calculations for the present year. The master excel workbook mostly does the calculation by itself when the source data feeds into the workbook and there are some excel cells in the master workbook that needs data from user but this is rare.

    Is there a way to track all the changes happened in the source files that got feed into master workbook, like old values in source values that got updated to new values and also capture old and new value in master book for comparison. Tracking should capture values not formulas.

      1. Hello, thank you for quick response. I tried track changes within excel but this doesn't work in my situation. If i have an empty cell in master excel and if i have a formula that gets value from other excel file track change shows old value as 0 and new value as formula.But if i update source file with different value track change wont capture this because formula will be same. We have some where around 12 source excel files that we update value and this data will feed into master excel file

        I am new to last changed cell concept but i want to track each and every cell that got updated in source file with old value and new value. This data will feed into master workbooks and again i want to capture old and new value so we can just manually check the two log sheets to make sure all the data is correct and feed properly into master excel file. I am hoping there will be way and thanks for future response.

  6. i am trying to drag my excel pattern but it isn't working as i want it to. it consists of a cell reference in cell A1, information in cells B1,A2,B2,andA3, and another cell reference in B3. i wanted to extend the pattern through cells A8 and B8. but when i extended it to A4 then the cell reference became cell A4 from the sheet it was coming from. is there a way to make it be cell A2 instead (and have it continue in cell A7 with reference cell A3 on the reference sheet)?

    1. Hello!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. Please specify what you were trying to find, what formula you used and what problem or error occurred. Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
      It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you.

  7. Good day! I've spent week trying to create a template where the prices are put in and calculated on one Excel file and are automatically synced with a Master Excel file (i.e. database), which records the calculated values on the prior worksheet, automatically updating itself when changes on the template occur.

  8. I have a workbook with a consolidated sheet and a sheet for each person. The consolidated sheet is more like a summary of each month and the total amount spent etc. the consolidated sheet pulls the totals, the name and the amounts form the sheets, but I wanted the sheets to pull the FTE and budget amount from the Consolidated sheet, this way when having to update the amount from year to year it can be updated in one place and not have to click on every sheet to update. The problem I am running into is when I try to sort the Consolidated sheet. I have used the =sheetname!A5 formula to pull the information onto each individual sheet but when I sort the consolidated sheet the cell stays the same even when the name moves. How do I get it to move with the sort?

    1. Hello Heather!
      If Excel uses an external reference to another file, it tries to recalculate it to get accurate final data. If Excel can’t do this for some reason, it doesn’t consider the file version as final and doesn’t get anything from it.

      Thus, if any additional actions are required from a user to recalculate the data in the source file, you won’t get the data from this file until the user opens it and allows to update the data or run macros. Most likely, the file from which you pull the data contains some external references as well. Unless the file is open, the references can’t be updated. Therefore, it is not possible to automatically recalculate the data. Besides, there may be macros in the source file that also require an additional permit to be run. While Excel is waiting for this action to take place, it doesn’t transfer the data from this file to other files.

      It happens when the source file is not open in Excel. If you have opened the workbook which you refer to, there shouldn’t be any problems and the data from that file can be used in your table.

  9. HI
    I have a few issue's with my formula below retrieving information from another sheet.

    {=INDEX('NSW RESULTS'!$B$6:$B$100000,MATCH(1,INDEX(('NSW RESULTS'!$A$6:$A$100000=$A$6)*('NSW RESULTS'!$B$6:$B$100000=MAX(IF('NSW RESULTS'!$A$6:$A$100000=A6,'NSW RESULTS'!$B$6:$B$100000))),0),0))}

    1. This didn't return max (latest) date?
    2. How to return second latest date?
    3. How to place a second sheet? Both sheets are column matched so it's cheeking same information difference years. =INDEX('NSW RESULTS'!'NSW 19'!$B$6:$B$100000,MATCH(1,INDEX(( ????

    Regards

    Tony

    1. Hello Tony!
      Unfortunately, without seeing your data it is impossible to give you advice.
      Could you please describe your task in more detail and send us a small sample workbook with the source data and expected result to support@ablebits.com? Please shorten your tables to 10-20 rows/columns and include the link to your blog comment.

      We'll look into your task and try to help.

      1. Hi Alexander
        Have sent information through, hope you can help.

        Regards

        Tony

  10. iF I WANT TO GET A DATA FROM ANOTHER SHEET IN ONE COLUMN AND I WILL USE IT IN 6 DIFFERENT COLUMNS.
    iT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO FIXED THE DATA IN 1ST,2ND,3RD COLUMN WHEN I CHANGED THE DATA FROM REFERENCE COLUMN?
    I HOPE MY QUESTION EXPLAINED UNDERSTANDABLE.
    THANKS IN ADVANCE
    FROM THE PHILIPPINES

    1. Hello Ronnie,

      You may always disable the auto-update for your external links. Just go to Excel Options -> Advanced -> When calculating this workbook and uncheck the necessary options there.
      However, when you update your external links manually, they all get updated anyway. If you want to set a particular part of your external links, simply replace them with values using Copy - Paste Special - Values.

  11. Dear Team,
    I have some multiple excel files in folder. And i get data from this multiple files particular cell. Remember that i thought i can't open any close multiple files and receive data in one excel sheet.
    At least particular cell value in data will get in close file to open file

    1. Hello!
      Please describe your problem in more detail. It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you. Thank you.

  12. Help in retrieving information from another sheet.
    Referencing sheet 1 QLD RESULTS FOR ALL INFORMATION
    Formula sheet 3 QLD RESULTS
    Sheet 1 column A Name / column B Dates / column C Distance / to column Z Time
    Sheet 3 A6 Name reference with latest 4 dates

    Formula's tried eg;
    =VLOOKUP(A6,'QLD RESULTS'!A:A,1,FALSE)
    =VLOOKUP(A6,'QLD RESULTS'!A:B,2,FALSE)
    =VLOOKUP(A6,'QLD RESULTS'!A:C,3,FALSE)
    =MAX(A6='QLD RESULTS'!$A$6:$A$20000,'QLD RESULTS'!$B$6:$B$20000,"")*FALSE

    Regards
    Tong

    1. Hello Tony!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me.
      For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. Please let me know in more detail what you were trying to find, what problem or error occurred. It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you. Thank you.

      1. Hi Alexander

        Sorry about the misunderstanding before I hope below covers all queries.

        1 ; Find same source name on both sheets?
        2 ; Match source name with max, 2nd, 3rd, 4th latest date (4 Rows)?
        3 ; Match by name & date across all 10 columns?
        4 ; Formula “QLD FIELDS”
        5 ; Information from “QLD RESULTS”

        Retrieving information from “QLD RESULTS” & placing Formula in another sheet name “QLD FIELDS”
        Both sheets start in column A with name.
        “QLD RESULTS” has about 12 column of all information by eg;
        A=Name, B=Date, C=Distance, D=Track, E=Finish, & so on
        “QLD FIELDS” column A6 has “Source Name” to retrieve all information with latest 4 max dates.
        “QLD FIELDS” is formula area starting in Column N6 - N9 & across.(4 Rows latest 4 Dates)

        Say you have Jumping Joe as your “Source Name” in QLD FIELDS column A6!
        “ QLD RESULTS” in column A find “Jumping Joe”/ in column B find latest max date/ match both A & B max date to get column C/ match both A & B max date to get column D/ & so on across. (QLD FIELDS column N6)
        Same as above to get 2nd max date information. (QLD FIELDS column N7, O7, P7, Q7 so on across)
        Same as above to get 3rd max date information. (QLD FIELDS column N8, O8, P8, Q8 so on across)
        Same as above to get 4th max date information. (QLD FIELDS column N9, O9, P9, Q9 so on across)

        Regards

        Tony

  13. Hi
    Require help in acquiring information from 3 difference excel’s names with same 3 sheets names & all with same columns reference in A,B & C
    In excel no1, Sheet 3 is where where I require the formula’s in by name & date in column N6, reference name in column A6, in sheet 1 is where the information comes from (sheet 1, column A name , column B date, column C code, so on) ( down from top is Month,Day,Year eg; B6 1-01-2019 to B20000 4-20-2020 & adding)
    Name appears multiple times in column A
    Each Dates days appears 100 times
    Formula eg; Column N6 Vlookup(A6,results!A:A,1,false)
    Vlookup(A7,results!A:A,1,false)
    Vlookup(A8,results!A:A,1,false)
    VLookup(A9,results!A:A,1,false)

    Column M6 Vlookup(A6,results!A:B,2,false)
    Vlookup(A7,results!A:B,2,false)
    Vlookup(A8,results!A:B,2,false)
    VLookup(A9,results!A:B,2,false)
    Require 10 names & there last 4 max dates, last 4 codes

    SHEET 3
    N6. M6. O6. P6
    Name. Dates. Code. Distance.
    6. Tony. Max
    7. Tony. 2nd latest
    8. Tony. 3rd latest
    9. Tony. 4th latest

    Same as above of 10 names
    Retrieve information from 3 Excel States & place information in sheet 3 of I of 3 Excel
    All by max date (Latest dates plus 2nd, 3rd & 4th latest)
    Column width N6 to AE6 for information (A6 to L6
    Regards

    Tony

  14. I would like to use a cell value (1, 2, 3, etc) in the source sheet as a (looked-up) reference to another tab/worksheet (the target) in the same workbook (also named 1, 2, 3, etc), and thereby extract a value from a different cell in the target worksheet. I can't find any way of using the cell value in the source sheet to identify the relevant target tab in an EQUALS function such as =Sheet1!A2 (where the 1 is picked up from a cell in the source sheet). It seems straightforward but I've been at it over 8 hours....

  15. How can I use a wildcard to reference a file name that changes?

  16. I tried to use using Data Validation(list) Worksheet1 to go to Worksheet2 and Worksheet3 but I can not, please tell how to go about.

    1. Hello John!
      Data Validation (list) is used to populate cells with values. To move to another cell or another sheet you need to use VBA

  17. I tried a =countif(source path, wb, sh, column, value) and it only works if i open the source file. How can I make it work without opening the source file.

    1. Hello Rode!
      If your source file doesn’t contain any external references or macros, you can get the data from the file even if it is not open.
      Please check if you have the "Update links to other documents" option enabled in Options -> Advanced. When you open your file, you should get a message asking to update external references.

  18. Hi,
    I wish to pull a Title from another tab, the title refers to a Number, that i put in automatic, next to the title cell.
    No 2436(manual input -> Title (automatic pulled) - so the title cell needs to look in another tab, for the Number and then grab the title from cell next to it... understandable? :)

    THANKS :)

  19. I would like to be able to set this up:
    If C2=F then C3=8.
    I have this information listed in another sheet:
    F 8 4
    So I could just pull it from those cells. If C2=F then C3=8 and C4=4.
    The problem I am running into is that I would like to have multiple options. For example: If I enter F into that cell, I would like 8 and 4 to show up. But if I enter R into that cell, I would like 6 and 3 to show up.

    I hope I made that clear and that someone could assist me. Thank you in advance!

    1. Hello Rosalie!
      Hello
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formulas should work for you:
      in C3:
      =IF($C$2="F", Sheet2!C3, IF($C$2="R",6,""))
      in C4:
      =IF($C$2="F", Sheet2!C4, IF($C$2="R",3,""))
      I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  20. I would like to be able to set this up:
    If C2=F then C3=8.
    I have this information listed in another sheet:
    F 8 4
    So I could just pull it from those cells. If C2=F then C3=8 and C4=4.
    The problem I am running into is that I would like to have multiple options. For example: If I enter F into that cell, I would like 8 and 4 to show up. But if I enter R into that cell, I would like 6 and 3 to show up.

    I hope I made that clear and that someone could assist me. Thank you in advance!

  21. I have 18 subgrantees (clients) and on one of my workbooks each client has their own tab/worksheet. Each of their worksheets have the same structure, and many of the cells populate from different workbooks on our network. Occasionally I want to send one of them a copy of their spreadsheet, but I have to send it as a .pdf because when I send their worksheet out of my network, the references all get lost.

    Is there a way to copy a workbook and make whatever values are in a cell stay as they are, not as a reference?

    1. Hello!
      You can substitute all formulas and references with values in your table. Please read these instructions on our blog: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/excel-paste-special-shortcuts-features/#copy-values-only

      You can also use our Ultimate Suite for Excel. You can select all cells with formulas in a sheet by using Select by Value -> Select Special Cells. Then you can substitute all the selected formulas with their values by using Convert Formulas to Values. Your references to other files and tables will be substituted with values as well.

      You can install Ultimate Suite in a trial mode and test the tools for 30 days for free: https://www.ablebits.com/files/get.php?addin=xl-suite&f=free-trial
      I hope this information will be helpful to you.

  22. Hi All,

    Please assist with a question of mine. I have it set up as Svetlana described and it works BUT doesn't automatically update between sheets when data is changed. If I want the main workbook (the one pulling data from other workbooks) to have the correct/current info...EVEN AFTER EVERY OTHER WORKBOOK IS SAVED...I have to double click on the cells then click the workbook its referencing from a file explorer type window. I want the data to auto-update on the main workbook as soon as the "source workbooks" are edited and saved b/c I have MANY lines of calculations being made and I don't want to have to double click on every one everytime I open the main file just to make data current.

    Is there any way to solve this problem?

    1. Hello Brendan!
      First off, please check your Excel settings: Excel - File - Options - Advanced - Update links to other documents. Also, please go to Data->Edit Links and make sure the autoupdate for each link is enabled.

      Hope it'll help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me back.

      1. Alexander,
        Thank you for replying, but bad news, I tried both and its still not working! Please see below for more info, as well as another question on something totally different (obviously you seem to be an excel expert, doesn't hurt to ask while I have you):

        - The Excel-file-options-advanced-update things was already checked. The data-edit links thing was checked as "automatic" not manual, so good there too.
        - Not sure if its helpful, but on that edit links area it gives options to the right (update values, change source, open source, break link and check status). The "Sources" listed to the left shows the correct filename (I've used "closedworkbook.xlsx" and "openworkbook.xlsx"), type: worksheet, Update: A, and Status: Unknown. When I click on Check Status the status for each instantly changes to Error: Source not found (which I think is wierd...both files are saved on my PC, both saved right next to each other on the desktop, have not been deleted, etc. When I click on Update Values it opens the file explorer type box for me to assign the file again, which I do, then the status changes to "OK". Then when I click check status again it goes back to error source not found.

        OK, second totally separate issue. I'm developing a somewhat elaborate spreadsheet (for me as a novice) that has formulas pulling data from other sheets within the same file. Please let me give you an example of what I'm trying to accomplish and then the issue (b/c it actually works fine until the issue):
        - Sheet 1 has the base data. There are 12 columns and 30 rows worth of it. One column (D) is "Jan" and has 4 separate peoples names, in no particular order (Ex: 1 Tom Smith, 3 Sue Jones, 6 Nick Thomas and 20 Lisa Brown). Tom, Sue, Nick, Sue, Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, Sue, Lisa, etc.
        - Sheets 2 through 5 are named Tom, Sue, Nick and Lisa, and I'm using a formula to auto-populate data from Sheet Jan, bringing over all of the data pertaining to that specific person. On Sheet Tom, the formula I'm using is =FILTER(Jan!A:L,Jan!D:D="Tom Smith"). Works PERFECTLY! Then when I email the spreadsheet to a colleague it changes the formula to =_xlfn._xlws.filter($Jan.A:L,$Jan.D:D="Tom Smith") and doesn't work. Tried it on different comps, different versions of excel, tried it on libre office, etc.

        1. Hello Brendan!
          _xlfn normally shows up if an Excel workbook contains functions that do not exist in the version of Excel you work with. For example, there is the FILTER function in OFFICE365, but it doesn’t exist in OFFICE2013.
          This function is currently available to Office 365 subscribers in the Monthly channel. It will be available to Office 365 subscribers in the Semi-Annual channel starting in July 2020.
          If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

        2. Hello Brendan!
          I have looked into the recommendations from Microsoft and made an experiment with my own files. I have found out, as stated by Microsoft support service (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/925893/external-links-may-be-calculated-when-you-open-a-workbook-that-was-las), if Excel uses an external reference to another file, it tries to recalculate it to get accurate final data. If Excel can’t do this for some reason, it doesn’t consider the file version as final and doesn’t get anything from it.

          Thus, if any additional actions are required from a user to recalculate the data in the source file, you won’t get the data from this file until the user opens it and allows to update the data or run macros. Most likely, the file from which you pull the data contains some external references as well. Unless the file is open, the references can’t be updated. Therefore, it is not possible to automatically recalculate the data. Besides, there may be macros in the source file that also require an additional permit to be run. While Excel is waiting for this action to take place, it doesn’t transfer the data from this file to other files.

          It happens when the source file is not open in Excel. If you have opened the workbook which you refer to, there shouldn’t be any problems and the data from that file can be used in your table.
          I hope it’ll be helpful.

  23. i use something like =IF(OR(A43="",C$42=""),"",INDIRECT("'" & A43 & "'!" &C$42))
    This allows me to in the A43 to Type the tab name Say Tab1 Tab2 Tab3 (Spelled the same) and in the C42 spot point the cell i want data from C(Column) 42(Row)
    This allows me to pull total from any page and any location. Without alot of Copy paste link
    This all checks if the Sheet name exists returns an error if does not

  24. How to make cell to be a search engine??
    with a thousands of data you want to search

  25. Hello helping,
    I am not educated in Excel but always looking into it possibly me. I have an instance where I want to tell the sheet:
    I have a drop down with 5 different module names(CMA1, CMA2,CMA3,CMA4, CMA5)
    when I select one from the drop down, say if CMA2 is selected and displayed in A3 then I want C3 - C26 to display the information on the following tab (CMA Cell Sheet) that is in the workbook sheet K4 - K26. I have tried:
    =IF(A3="CMA2",'CMA cell sheet'!K4:K26)
    but I get a "VALUE" error pop up.
    I would like to the same for CMA1, CMA3, CMA4, CMA5 but with different rows of information for each on the same CMA Cell sheet.
    I hope that you can help me with this.

  26. how to copy particular one cell value to another sheet

  27. I have done it as described. It works across workbooks. However, the moment I make a change to workbook B, sheet B - and if it is only entering a value in any cell - and then save and close B.xlsx, I lose my value in A.xlsx/A-sheet-cell. The cell shows a #Bezug (in German) where the sheetname B should be. The rest of the link still shows correct, but the sheet-name got lost and was replaced by #Bezug.
    What is going on????

  28. How do take the formula that brings over information from one worksheet to another.
    So if I have Sheet2!A1 in sheet one in C3 then in D3 I want Sheet2!A19 so on and so forth. I want to find the formula I can drag over to each column so I don't have to go into the 4 separate work books and click every month to bring over my totals to combine everything. I tried some different things but can't seem to get the wording correct to get exactly what I need done.

    1. Me too. :(

    2. That is the same issue I am having! I'd love to know how to do this..

  29. Is there a way to replace the filename with the value of another cell

  30. To increment the cell you'll need to use the CELL() function.
    Dynamic Sheet: =INDIRECT(sheet&"!"&CELL("address",A1))
    Dynamic Workbook: =INDIRECT("'["&workbook&"]"&sheet&"'!"&CELL("address",A1))

    For me it looks like this: =INDIRECT("'["&$D$1&"]"&$B$1&"'!"&CELL("address",B6))
    In D1 i have the file/workbook reference and in B1 I have the sheet name.

  31. how to make the increment of sheet reference when drag down from different file .
    My point is to auto update in one worksheet with different position of cell from another multiple sheets with fixed cell in arrangement of sheet.

  32. Hi,

    I use several VLOOKUP with table in another workbook.
    =VLOOKUP($E2;'C:\Users\daev\Desktop\Andreja\Rokovi\[Ispitni rokovi BAZA.xlsx]Sheet1'!$E$2:$V$4000;3;FALSE)

    everything working good, but if I want to copy this two workbook to another PC it is not possible to work.
    how can I write formulas to open workbook in folder they are saved.

    1. You need to change "C:\Users\daev\Desktop\" that is location you file you should write follow you new location in the new PC

  33. Hi
    I want to get the data from another workbook. path is as below, but it doesn't works.

    =('E:\K.E\Actions\All Bills\PM Invoices\Service Bills July 2019 To June 2020\Punjab\[(43-19) Rope Tightness job at NP Plant FFCL.xlsx]Invoice Format-Sales Tax]' !A9)

  34. I’m not very excel savvy so please forgive me. I’ve got 8 tabs with information, not numbers, and I need one master tab (tab #9) to be a running total list of all the other 8 tabs. So when someone inputs information on one of the eight tabs it will automatically be added to the master tab. Is there a way to do that? If so how do I set it up in layman terms?? Excel is not my favorite program to work with and I am not to familiar with coding. So the more simpler you can explain it I would really appreciate it.

  35. Can Anyone Help Me How To Combined 1500 Sale Invoice Sheets Data Into One By Putting Single Formula Just??
    Example Sheet 1, sheet 2 in Last 1500 sheets?
    Date..
    Invoice no..
    RAtes...
    AMount...
    Anyone? I try vlookup but didn't work..

  36. Can anyone help me with Vlookup formula

  37. I have a workbook that must pick up values from another workbook. The source workbook name is not known so I want the user to enter its name on the output sheet once then all the formulas should pick up that name as part of its formula.
    So instead of =SUM([Sales.xlsx]Jan!B2:B5) I want the formula to pick up a value from a cell:
    Cell A1 = "Source.xlsx" Answer cell is SUM(["value of A1"]Jan!B2:B5).
    How do I write this answer cell please?

  38. Does someone know what I'm doing wrong?

    Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim printDate As Date
    Dim startDate As Date
    Dim endDate As Date
    startDate = H5 //cell on the same sheet as the button
    endDate = H6 //cell on the same sheet as the button
    For printDate = startDate To endDate
    ActiveSheet.Range("Sheet2!J4") = printDate
    ActiveSheet.PrintOut , Copies:=2
    Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    End Sub

  39. I have a master sheet with all data and i want to have separate sheets which only pulls certain data from the master sheet. How can i go about doing that?

  40. Hi

    Thanks for an informative article.
    Can you please tell me if it is possible to link to an external workbook that has a name change each day. I want to draw information from multiple cells without having to rewrite the whole spreadsheet each day.

  41. In Worksheet B I want to reference a cell in Worksheet A that is a sum of a list - let's call is cell B12. Can I add to that list in Worksheet A over time and have the reference work? When I do it now, Worksheet B picks up whatever is in B12, it doesn't adjust to know that the new sum is now in B14 because I added to lines to the list that is being summed up. Thanks!

  42. Good Afternoon,

    I have a bit of a complicated question. Im doing a run-down of clients and basically need Sheet 1 A1-A10 (Clients names) to transfer to Sheet 2 A1-A10. But the catch is, I do not want the clients to erase from Sheet 2 when I delete them on Sheet 1. I need them to just pile down on Sheet 2 from A1- A90. Not sure how to though. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you

  43. i want transfer all exceldata to another excel sheet but without formula. give me quick reply

    1. dhaval:
      The quickest way to copy data only from one sheet to another is to first copy the original data then in the new sheet right click where you want the data and select paste special values.

  44. Good morning,
    I have created a "Database" workbook to use as my source workbook and linked it to other workbooks as reference, in the hopes that when I update the database, the information will be pulled to other workbooks. I understand that the "database" workbook has to be opened at the same time as the workbook that i am working with, but do both workbooks have to be in the same folder?

  45. Hello

    I have one problem

    we have many answers in row like

    This eq I would like to take only one answer to show in final

    this rows around 800 so each like checking is difficult, IF any answer removed, the final cell it has to show removed.

    Eg.

    R1 R2 R3 r4
    Removed Not Removed not removed not removed

    In final R5 I would like to get one answer either removed/ not removed

  46. Hello
    I have to folder one folder name is january and secound folder name is February in my january folder i have one excel file in this file i have 4 column in first column i have opening balance, secound column i have institution, third column i have disposal or forth column closing balance. in my second folder all column or row are same opening balance, institution, disposal or closing balance but in this folder i want to link my opening balance with another folder january closing balance when i change figure in my january folder than automatically change my secound folder opening balance. i want to link my january folder excel file closing balance with my second folder February excel file opening balance. Is it possible

  47. How to reference external several files?

    There are 10 files named A001, A002, ...., A010.

    Can I make the file names in general instead of typing each name on an another excel file?
    For example,

    ='D:\Reports\[A001.xlsx]A001'!B1 (file name and sheet name are same)
    --->
    ='D:\Reports\[search(....).xlsx]search(....)'!B1

    My idea is that to have excel search the correct file and reference the cell value.
    Can it be possible?

  48. Hello mam, i really need your kind support..

    What if i wrote date January 23, 2018 for example and i want automatically on the other sheet, the column for january in the other sheet will have color depend on what i desire. please..
    for February same above will happen.

  49. I need to know one sheet data details to get other sheet as a sammery list
    ex:
    A company - How many delays are there / how many case open are there/ how cases finished on time

  50. Hi,

    i have two sheets in a work book i.e Sheet1 and sheet2. in sheet1 i have the data and in sheet2 i have put "sumifs "formula and it works.now i have to delete the data in sheet1 and update new data of the same type.

    but when i do this the formula doesn't work in sheet2.

    Please tell me the solution.
    Thanks

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