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    Offset Formula in Separate Workbook

    Hi there

    I am using two separate workbooks and would like to offset a cell in Workbook B by one row. The problem is that I need to offset the formula (which references Workbook A) within the cell, and not the cell itself.

    E.g. Cell AC4 in Workbook B should reference the formula in Cell S4 in Workbook B and offset it by one row.
    The formula in Workbook B Cell S4 is ='[WorkbookA]LocationName'!$B$31
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    The formula in Workbook B Cell AC4 should therefore return the result from ='[WorkbookA]LocationName'!$B$32

    Hope this is clear. If anyone could help I would be very grateful.

    Thanks!
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    Re: Offset Formula in Separate Workbook

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    Re: Offset Formula in Separate Workbook

    Hi Richard

    Thank you for your prompt response. I am looking for something where it will automatically read the formula within the cell and offset it, as it is going to be replicated indefinitely. Manually adding the workbook location each time and then offsetting it isn't efficient in this instance as there are 10 formulas that need to be offset each time, replicated by around 70 worksheets.

    So, AC4 offsets the formula in S4 by one row, AM4 offsets the formula in AC4 by one row etc
    S4 = '[WorkbookA]LocationName'!$B$31
    AC4 = '[WorkbookA]LocationName'!$B$32
    AM4 = '[WorkbookA]LocationName'!$B$33

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Offset Formula in Separate Workbook

    Hi,

    I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. Are you saying you want to use a number in another cell to use as the offset. i.e. if AC4 contains the number 3 you want the S4 formula to offset the B31 cell by 3 and read B34 from the other workbook.

    If not I think you need to upload a workbook with some before an after situations so that we can see in context.

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