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Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

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    Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    I am trying to create this myself, and of course it's not working

    =VLOOKUP(A10,INDIRECT(F$3,"mm-dd-yy"),!$A$1:$AW$30,13,FALSE)

    my sheets in the file are named in the date format mm-dd-yy (example 07-20-14)

    F3 will contain a date such as 07/20/14, this date will change based on needs.

    Thanks for any help fixing my formula.

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    Last edited by avidcat; 07-20-2014 at 10:49 PM.

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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    Try it like this...

    =VLOOKUP(A10,INDIRECT("'"&TEXT(F$3,"mm-dd-yy")&"'!A1:AW30"),13,0)
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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    You need to convert the date to text. You need to understand this about dates...a date is just a number indicating how many days have passed since 1/1/1900, so today 7/11/14 is actually 41831. excel formats it into something that we recognise as a date

    so 07-20-14 is actually just 41840

    Try =TEXT(F$3,"mm-dd-yyyy")
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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    Thanks Tony that worked perfect.

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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    Your Welcome, also Tony is it possible to use something like an =IFERROR if a sheet doesn't exist with that name it would show just a blank response or even a 0 in that cell? instead of a #REF error

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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    Using Tony's formula...
    =IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A10,INDIRECT("'"&TEXT(F$3,"mm-dd-yy")&"'!A1:AW30"),13,0),"")

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    Re: Correcting a Vlookup formula that pulls a sheet name based on data in a cell

    thanks FDibbins, that worked perfect.

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