Getting value from a different tab (How to make my current formula drag down?)

[britts614]

Hello!

I made a formula to display the latest value entered in a column on a different tab.


In the column on “Sheet2,” an employee enters the new amount of mileage driven in the rented car once it’s returned (see example below. Date and Mileage are two different columns):

• “Date”..................... “Mileage”
• 01/01/2019............... 123,456
• 01/05/2019 ...............123,557
• 01/27/2019 ...............124,896

On the “Sheet1” page it displays the most recent mileage count ("124,896") using the formula below:

<code>=LOOKUP(2,1/(Sheet2!H2:H10000<>""),Sheet2!H2:H10000)

</code>The thing is, I have 5 different sheets with the same two columns as above and I need to use this formula to get the mileage values from all 5 sheets. As of now I am entering it manually in each cell to say "Sheet3!" or "Sheet4!" to gather the data.



Is there a way I can create a drag down formula instead of manually entering the different sheet names?

Thanks!

 

[Eric W]

If you have a list of your sheet names, you can use INDIRECT like this:

Book1
	N	O
1	Sheet2	3
2	Sheet3	55
3	Sheet4	222
4	Sheet5	6666
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
O1	=LOOKUP(2,1/(INDIRECT("'"&N1&"'!H2:H10000")<>""),INDIRECT("'"&N1&"'!H2:H10000"))