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    Table Header in Index to link to cell

    Hi, I have a formal that pulls the company names from a table, where a specified field equals yes.

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    That is then pulled down the page and seems to work quite happily. However I would need to have multiple versions of this formula to display each category. I need to be able to select the Column header in Table2 dynamically. For example in A1 would be a drop down menu containing 5 categories, the selection from A1 would then be within 'Table2[A1]'. I've tried to match the contents, perform a lookup, but really all i want to do is literally put the contents of A1 within the #Header choice. i.e

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    Re: Table Header in Index to link to cell

    You should be able to do this using the INDIRECT function.

    Can you post a SMALL sample file so we can see your data structure? 20 rows worth of data is plenty!!!!!!!
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    Re: Table Header in Index to link to cell

    Thanks, i think that has attached ok!
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    Re: Table Header in Index to link to cell

    Tony I managed to figure it out! Thanks very much though!

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    Thats the part that I had to put it:
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    Re: Table Header in Index to link to cell

    Good deal. Thanks for the feedback!

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