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    Question Replacing imported tables while maintaining formula on other sheets

    Hi All,

    Looking for some assistance with a problem I have encountered while trying to improve my excel work.

    So, I have an excel workbook [original] which is presented poorly. I have made a new workbook [new] with the data displayed how I want it. I have imported the original workbook into the new one and am using the =XLOOKUP formula to pull data from the original sheet to the new one.

    The problem I am facing is that the original workbook is published every month and I need to pull the data from the original to the new one.

    When I try and Import the original book for a new month with the same name I get the #REF error on all my formula, presumably because the imported data has changed.

    What I am looking for is a way to maintain the formula in the new workbook so I can just import the original sheet every month and it will pull through.

    Any help with this is hugely appreciated.

    Thanks
    Connor

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    Re: Replacing imported tables while maintaining formula on other sheets

    So many questions -

    Can you share a mockup file? This would greatly help anyone to assist you.

    Sounds like INDIRECT would be the way to go given the cadence of your process but there is always more than 1 way to go about things.

    VB is a really powerful controller on consuming sheets and workbooks into a steady tracker/data repository... Personally I would make VB to process your workbook each month as it is published and create a data log with everything organized.
    This process would also have fixed methods to deliver results without millions of formulas in a single sheet - Healthier for the workbook if it becomes too large...

    Play with indirect I bet you figure it out - but if not, share a mock book with mock data... where the issue has taken place. Put the original formula next to the reference error WITHOUT = so that the reference is locked in place for us to review.

    - Good Luck
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