Using MATCH function with dynamic range from a different sheet

[jtaxtim]

I have 2 sheets in a workbook - "Main" and Insurance". "Main" has a list in Col A of 25 locations with letter designations (A, B, C, D etc). "Insurance"" has 12 columns of document names to be tracked for each location also in column A. Until documents are received each column is marked "missing" for that location. On the Main sheet, I can summarize the insurance status for each location with following formula:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH("missing",Insurance!A5:M5,0)),"Complete","Incomplete").

Here's the challenge I can't resolve. The range A5:M5 in the example above must be dynamic, because the locations on the Insurance sheet will change due to sorting, etc. So A5:M5 could become A12:M12 the next day. I've been able to use Match to identify the corresponding row on "Insurance" for a given location, but I can't resolve the whole range address to make it work. I can use a formula or UDF to make this work.
Thanks in advance!

jtaxtim

[Ace_XL]

Explore the OFFset function to define the array. If you have found the row using Match, define the width in the offset function and you should be home!

[protonLeah]

To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook. The workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

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[jtaxtim]

I did attempt to use OFFSET, but that approach also requires me to resolve the sheet name reference in OFFSET - Insurance!A5
This formula works when typed manually,
=MATCH("missing",OFFSET(Insurance!A5,0,0,1,8),0)

I was able to create Insurance!A5 using concatenate:
=CONCATENATE("Insurance!",ADDRESS(MATCH(A3,Insurance!A:A,0),1,4,1))

But when I substitute the above formula in the MATCH or OFFSET function, I get "The formula you typed contains an error". Is there a sytax error in my concatenation?

See my uploaded file.
Thanks for any ideas!
jtaxTim

[protonLeah]

MAIN!B2:

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MAIN!C2:
=IF(A2="","",OFFSET(Insurance!$D$1,MATCH(A2,Insurance!A:A,0)-1,0))
MAIN!E2:

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[jtaxtim]

Ben, that works perfectly! Thank you so much for your help! I'll add this gem to my vba toolbox for future reference.
I'm new to the Excel Forum and already a big fan. Keep up the great work!
Tim

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