Using Named Ranges to Transfer data from two worksheets

[Blackhawks]

Attached is a sample of the problem that I'm working on. I'm trying to create a dashboard of my inventory system. The dashboard will display Sales for the day (category 1), Purchases that need to be made (Category 2), Purchase Orders that are to be expected (Cateogry 3), and Work in Process (Category 4). For this question, I'm only going to focus on category 2.

I'm trying to transfer all the data from Worksheets("Purchasing") to the Dashboard under category 2. I'm trying to use named ranges to do this, because the range of each category will fluctuate as items are added/deleted. This is what I have so far:

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For some reason the Range("PurchaseStart"), which is Cell $A$8, starts at A:1. I don't know how to only select the named range that I'm looking for. I added "End #" statements at the end of each row to signify a cutoff and hope to trick excel into only selecting a the range of the particular category. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[TMS]

Maybe:

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[Winon]

Hello Blackhawks,

How about a VBA free approach as per the attached sample Workbook? It will also eliminate the need to insert Rows in your Dashboard Sheet.

Regards.

[Blackhawks]

Thank you to both of you. Winon, I'm surprised i never thought of putting them horizontally. However, I figured out how to do it. But I'm still stuck on one part of this problem and that's when it comes to making sure duplicates aren't passed to the Dashboard. Right now, it's just overwriting the first row (.Offset(1, 0)). I would like it to go to the last available cell instead.

I was thinking I could just delete the entire range and re-calculate, but that seems unecessary. Here's the code I have:

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[Blackhawks]

I figured it out. If anyone can think of a better way, I'd love to hear it. Thanks for your help everyone!

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[Winon]

Nice work Blackhawks, you did good. Thank you for the "Rep", much appreciated!

Regards.