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    data from one sheet to several in sequential order!

    I am having a problem transferring data from one sheet to several in sequential order!

    I am building an overtime equalization form for 50 employees, sheet 1 is week 1, sheet 2 is week 2 and so on for each week of the year.. Column A is the employees names, column B is the hours from the last week’s total, column C is the overtime hours from the last week, column D is total across columns B and C on each sheet respectively. Columns E – K represent Monday through Friday.

    I have no problem getting the data to add on sheet 1 and 2, for example:

    I have the data coming from columns E – K sheet 1 to column C on sheet 2! I used the formula =Sum(Sheet1!E1,F1,G1,H1,K1), but on sheet 3 I can’t get the data to column C by using =Sum(Sheet2E1,F1,G1,H1,K1) and so forth.

    Same for transferring the data from Column B sheet 2to column B sheet 3. I can get from 1 to 2 but not to sheet 3, 4 ,5 and so forth!

    Is there an easy way? I have searched for days and still can’t figure how to do it.

    Am I way off base?

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    Couple ways:

    1) do the SUM on each sheet (e.g. in Sheet1!L1: =SUM(E1:K1) then on Sheet2, column C enter =Sheet1!L1

    2) Make sure your sheet references are in the proper syntax: Sheet2! (don't miss the exclamation point) so "=Sum(Sheet2E1,F1,G1,H1,K1)" really needs to be: =Sum(Sheet2!E1,F1,G1,H1,K1). note: you can shorten this to: =Sum(Sheet2!E1:K1)

    Hope this helps.

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    don't miss the exclamation point
    OOPs! I checked and I only missed it in my post!

    I try again as soon as I get back from Lunch!
    Thanks

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    I must be tupid!

    When I go to sheet 3 and put =Sum(Sheet2!E1:K1) a pop up comes up and ask me to update the values for sheet 2. When I click OK it goes to my folder work book is saved in! If I choose the wook sheet it shows all the pages, I click on page 2 and it changes the value I just entered in page 3 to "=SUM([Sheet2]Sheet1!E1:K1)"


    What gives

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    I don't think you 'tupid'...but maybe your Excel is haunted. I cannot replicate your system's behavior.

    Try doing the SUM on Sheet2 in L1 (or some other empty cell) =SUM(E1:K1) and just reference that cell on Sheet3 (=Sheet2!L1) and see what happens. Make sure you don't have multiple sheets selected.

    What happens?

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    Man I must be STUPID!

    I figured it out! When I made my sheets, 52 in all, I coppied from page 1! So the name was not sheet 2 it was sheet1(2). When I figured this out and changed the sheet names to Week 1 through Week 52, it worked like a charm!

    Great forum Thanks!

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    I'm glad you got it worked out. Rather than 'stupid', I like to think I was just preoccupied at the time I screw up royally.

    Good Luck.

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