How to click and drag down an "Indirect" formula

GuyGadois

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  1. 2019
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  1. Windows
I have the following formula and I want to drag it down 100 cells and have the cell references update and not keep the original reference. Is that possible?

=IF(INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'"&"!A5")="","",INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'"&"!A5"))

I want the next cell down to read
=IF(INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'"&"!A6")="","",INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'"&"!A6"))

but it doesn't, it keeps the original cell reference the entire way down.

Any help is appreciated

Guy
 

Excel Facts

Which Excel functions can ignore hidden rows?
The SUBTOTAL and AGGREGATE functions ignore hidden rows. AGGREGATE can also exclude error cells and more.
Perhaps:

=IF(INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'!"&CELL("address",A5))="","",INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'!"&CELL("address",A5)))

or if you are returning text data:

=INDIRECT("'"&Reference_Sheet&"'!"&CELL("address",A5))&""
 
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