Excel Indirect Sheet Reference Vlookup

Table array not only contains table range rather it contains workbook name worksheet name and data range in.
Excel indirect sheet reference vlookup. We can t use a variable reference to d1 in our vlookup for this to work we have to use the indirect function. In the example shown the formula in d6 is. To reference a named range on another sheet you can use the indirect function with the required sheet syntax. The excel vlookup function searches for a value by matching on the first column of a table and returns the corresponding value from a certain column in the same row.
Vlookup lookup value indirect text 2 0 the components of the formula are. Why can excel not. Unfortunately we can t use a reference to d1 to specify the sheet we want in our vlookup function like this. Vlookup with sheet name as cell reference originally posted by merqrey hi there im looking for something like this is it possible for the vlookup to automatically input a value based on the tab name ive seen the formula for the one in the sample sheet and that is specific to the sheet name can it be such where its sheet name a or b or c in one vlooup formula.
Indirect by this excel function we can reference the specific sheet and the cell range where we want to summarize the data. One more way to vlookup between multiple sheets in excel is to use a combination of vlookup and indirect functions. From data workbook i am fetching the data to result workbook. Open the vlookup function in result workbook and select lookup value.
Vlookup a2 indirect a2 a c 3 false and vlookup a3 indirect a3 a c 3 false both of these return the correct data. Now go to the main data workbook and select the table array. It allows us to use the value of cell d1 for creating a dynamic vlookup referring to ranges on multiple sheets. Also if i rename the sheet r3504m to just r3504 and also change the vlookup reference in the sheet then the formula works and it returns the correct data.
A generic formula to vlookup across sheets is as follows. We are going to achieve this using a vlookup formula that employs the indirect function to reference the relevant worksheet. This method requires a little preparation but in the end you will have a more compact formula to vlookup in any number of spreadsheets. The indirect function the microsoft excel indirect function converts a text string to a valid reference.
How this formula works. The vlookup formulas on the summary tab lookup and extract data from the month tabs by creating a dynamic reference to the sheet name for each month. You can use ctrl tab to switch between all the opened excel workbooks. The month tabs of the worksheet contain a table that looks like this.
Syntax of the indirect and vlookup formula. Vlookup multiple sheets with indirect.