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Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

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    Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    Dear fellows,

    Can I use data in cell as a reference for name in formula to lookup in the sheet that has same name as I type in cell?

    please see the attached file for more information.

    Thanks a lot!
    Pablo

    use cell reference as a file name in formula.xlsx

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    Just for your understanding...

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    Thank you sixthsense,

    I tried your solution but it doesn't work if I only indirect the "34633" and add $D4 in formula.
    I want to change just one cell "B1" and make formula in every column "C1, D1, E1, F1"run.
    Do you have further suggestion?

    Thank you for your help.

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    I can able to understand your requirement from your first line but the rest of the lines confused me

    Can you please explain your requirement with examples?

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    OK

    for example, I have 10 sheet that has the same format. What I want is to pull the information that is in the same place in every sheet into one sheet. That means if I use a formula to get the data from each sheet, the only thing i need to change is reference.
    I am asking for a way to change the reference in formula by using data in cell as a key. That means if i change this one cell the whole formula will change "reference" according to this cell.

    Is above paragraph help clarify for you?

    Thank you sixthsense

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    Thanks for the brief but I am aware of the quoted text, I am just requesting few examples of cell input entries with cell reference and the way you would like to rotate the formula for better understanding.

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    In C4 cell
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    Drag it to right........

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    Re: Use of data in cell as a name of file or sheet in the formula

    Wow! Thank you very much Sixthsense.
    Formula works perfectly.

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