Vlookup Indirect?

fanboy

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Hi all

I'm sure this is a pretty simple question but I cant seem to get my head round the answer.

I want to use VLOOKUP to search for values on various tabs in a workbook. I want the tab that is searched to be conditional on the contents of a cell on the summary tab. I have the following formula

=IF(BVA!O$13>0,SUMIF(BVA!$D:$D,'Spend v budget'!$B3,BVA!O:O),IF('CB May'!$J$4>0,SUMIF('CB May'!$H:$H,'Spend v budget'!$D3,'CB May'!$J:$J)-SUMIF('CB May'!$H:$H,'Spend v budget'!$D3,'CB May'!$I:$I),SUMIF('Cash forecast'!$B:$B,'Spend v budget'!$B3,'Cash forecast'!J:J)))

I want all references to 'CB May' to be whatever the contents of cell M1 are.

Can anyone help?
 

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What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
well it's OK to use INDIRECT but it should specify the whole reference, not only the sheet name:
INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$J$4")
 
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If the data is in the same location on each tab I know this can be done (See Mr Excel on Youtube) Vlookup on multiple tabs

Seems that your formulas would work, just need to add the vlookup, but you are using SUMIF so I am not sure what your trying to use the Vlook up for.
 
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if your sheet tabs are consecutive, say sheet 1 through to sheet 3, you can reference them all in a formula by holding down the shift key after you've selected the data on sheet 1, then clicking sheet 3. in the below example the same datas housed in the same cells on the 3 sheets

Excel Workbook
C
215
315
415
515
615
7225
Sheet1
 
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Yes thats what the video was about, multiple SHeets.

You can also create 2 tabs, Start and End tab, then any tabs inserted in the range will always be included.

=SUM(StartSheet:EndSheet!C2:C6)
 
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Just to make it clear for you:
=IF(BVA!O$13>0,SUMIF(BVA!$D:$D,'Spend v budget'!$B3,BVA!O:O),IF(INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$J$4")>0,SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$H:$H"),'Spend v budget'!$D3,INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$J:$J"))-SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$H:$H"),'Spend v budget'!$D3,INDIRECT("'"&M1&"'!$I:$I")),SUMIF('Cash forecast'!$B:$B,'Spend v budget'!$B3,'Cash forecast'!J:J)))
 
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