Formula that using cell text to reference worksheet

[Want_to_Be]

Dearest Experts thanks for taking the time to review my question. I am a novice but trying to utilize the brains of excel to perform some recordkeeping.

I am a hog farmer with several barns, part of our recordkeeping is manure pit levels for reasons like, identifying excessive water usage, capacity remaining, etc. I would like to set up a document that each farm has a worksheet for data tracking. Simple info like 'Barn A' 'Date' 'Pit level'. This would be updated weekly by the farm manager, then I would like a single "Master" worksheet that compiles the information for a real time snapshot of all barns, when the last measurement was and what level.

Ideally, the formula would 'lookup' the worksheet reference in the row so that if a barn name changes, or we add barns, we can easily fill formula's down.

Sorry if this is not clear. It seems simple, for sure for you guys, its just hard to type it out and relay all the detail of the question.

Thank you all!

 

[Norie]

You could try these formulas in the Master sheet.

In B2 and copied down.

=MAX(INDIRECT("'"&$A2&"'!A:A"))

In C2 and copied down.

=INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&$A2&"'!B:B"),MATCH($B2,INDIRECT("'"&$A2&"'!A:A"),0))

In D2 and copied down.

=INDEX(INDIRECT("'"&$A2&"'!C:C"),MATCH($B2,INDIRECT("'"&$A2&"'!A:A"),0))

 

[Want_to_Be]

Thank you Norie! Can you explain the formulas so I can learn a bit from it instead of just copy and pasting