I am trying to use CONCATENATE to create the formula:
=[formula_connect_test.xlsx]data7!$F$2
That would reference some data(numerical) in another excel spreadsheet. When I simply type "=" and then click on the cell I want to reference the formula works fine. However I would like to have the formula look like this:
=CONCATENATE("=[formula_connect_test.xlsx]data",B5,"!$F$2")
Where the cell "B5" contains data(the number 7) to determine which tab on the referenced spreadsheet I would like to pull data from. When I use this CONCATENATE formula it creates the correct formula but rather than the data I want to pull it just leaves this in the cell:
=[formula_connect_test.xlsx]data7!$F$2
When I simply type "=" then click on the cell I reference the formula works no problem returning the numerical data but for some reason it will not when I try to use the concatenate function to create the reference. Does anyone know a solution for this?
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