Update formula Col reference Macro

[xcelnovice]

Is there a way to use a macro to update a column a sum if or vlookup formula is pulling data from. Ex for a vlookup I have 12 mos of budget data in columns. In Feb I am pulling data from the 8th Col in the table. I'd like to run a macro that would update that number by 1 to pull Col 9 next month and Col 10 the following. It'd be similar with the sum of but increase from Col D to Col F etc. Thanks

 

[dave3009]

Hi xcelnovice,

Are you sure you really need to do this with VBA? Here are some dynamic examples that work using worksheet functions to pick column number.

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">Jan</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Feb</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Mar</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Apr</td><td style="text-align: right;;">May</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">Data 1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">14181</td><td style="text-align: right;;">16800</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15578</td><td style="text-align: right;;">19393</td><td style="text-align: right;;">12412</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style=";">Data 2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15203</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15498</td><td style="text-align: right;;">14216</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17863</td><td style="text-align: right;;">13151</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style=";">Data 3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">12479</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17368</td><td style="text-align: right;;">10104</td><td style="text-align: right;;">12234</td><td style="text-align: right;;">19279</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style=";">Data 4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">19157</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17592</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15380</td><td style="text-align: right;;">12116</td><td style="text-align: right;;">16113</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">Feb</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Feb</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style=";">Data 1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">16800</td><td style="text-align: right;;">16800</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style=";">Data 2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15498</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15498</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">10</td><td style=";">Data 3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17368</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17368</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">11</td><td style=";">Data 4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17592</td><td style="text-align: right;;">17592</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:4.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet3 </p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C7</th><td style="text-align:left">=B7</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B8</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">$A$1:$F$5, MATCH(<font color="Red">$A8, $A$1:$A$5, 0</font>), MATCH(<font color="Red">B$7, $A$1:$F$1, 0</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C8</th><td style="text-align:left">=VLOOKUP(<font color="Blue">A8, $A$2:$F$5, MONTH(<font color="Red">$C$7</font>)+1, 0</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[xcelnovice]

Awesom the index match worked great. Is there a more dynamic sum if? Thanks for the help!

 

[dave3009]

Using the same values and ranges here are two options

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>D</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;">Mar</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;">55278</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style="text-align: right;;">55278</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:4.2em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet3 </p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D7</th><td style="text-align:left">=C7</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D8</th><td style="text-align:left">=SUM(<font color="Blue">OFFSET(<font color="Red">A1, 1, MATCH(<font color="Green">D7, $B$1:$G$1, 0</font>), 4, 1</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D9</th><td style="text-align:left">=SUM(<font color="Blue">INDEX(<font color="Red">$A$1:$F$5, 2, MATCH(<font color="Green">D7, $A$1:$G$1, 0</font>)</font>):INDEX(<font color="Red">$A$1:$F$5, 5, MATCH(<font color="Green">D7, $A$1:$G$1, 0</font>)</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />