Obtain the value of a cell from the previous worksheet

DarbyBrown

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I have a small workbook I use to count the coins I put into my change jar. As I put the change in, I count the pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills(if any). I keep a running total by coin, by day and by month.

There is a cell where I want to show the total value of the previous month so I can add it to the total of the current month. The previous total for the second month is easy, I just use the following:

=Jan21!G11

But when I get the Mar21 I need the number from :

=Feb21!G11

And so on down the line.

What I do now is, I have a template [Table 3] that I copy for each new month and would like to include a formula in D11 like this:

=[previous page]!G11

so I don't have to enter a new formula every month. How do I tell excel I want the number from ‘the previous sheet’ regardless what the previous sheets label is.

Coin Counter.xlsx
ABCDEFG
1PenniesNicklesDimesQuartersDollarsDateTotal
284254023012/30/20$11.84
3534501/15/21$1.85
4401201/18/21$0.64
5225301/23/21$1.37
660221101/28/21$11.76
7$0.00
8$0.00
9$0.00
10$27.46
11Total in coin jar =(start) (end)$27.46
Jan21
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G2:G9G2=SUM([@Pennies]*0.01,[@Nickles]*0.05,[@Dimes]*0.1,[@Quarters]*0.25,[@Dollars])
G10G10=SUM(G2:G9)
G11G11=SUM(G10,D11)


Coin Counter.xlsx
ABCDEFG
1PenniesNicklesDimesQuartersDollarsDateTotal
20113002/02/21$0.90
3$0.00
4$0.00
5$0.00
6$0.00
7$0.00
8$0.00
9$0.00
10$ -$ 0.05$ 0.10$ 0.75$0.00 $0.90
11Total in coin jar =(start)$27.46(end)$28.36
Feb21
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A10A10=SUM(A2:A9)/100
B10B10=SUM(B2:B9)*0.05
C10C10=SUM(C2:C9)*0.1
E10,G10E10=SUM(E2:E9)
D10D10=SUM(D2:D9)*0.25
D11D11='Jan21'!G10
G2:G9G2=SUM([@Pennies]*0.01,[@Nickles]*0.05,[@Dimes]*0.1,[@Quarters]*0.25,[@Dollars])
G11G11=SUM(G10,D11)


Coin Counter.xlsx
ABCDEFG
1PenniesNicklesDimesQuartersDollarsDateTotal
20113002/02/21$0.90
3$0.00
4$0.00
5$0.00
6$0.00
7$0.00
8$0.00
9$0.00
10$ -$ 0.05$ 0.10$ 0.75$0.00 $0.90
11Total in coin jar =(start)$27.46(end)$28.36
Feb21
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A10A10=SUM(A2:A9)/100
B10B10=SUM(B2:B9)*0.05
C10C10=SUM(C2:C9)*0.1
E10,G10E10=SUM(E2:E9)
D10D10=SUM(D2:D9)*0.25
D11D11='Jan21'!G10
G2:G9G2=SUM([@Pennies]*0.01,[@Nickles]*0.05,[@Dimes]*0.1,[@Quarters]*0.25,[@Dollars])
G11G11=SUM(G10,D11)
 

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this should get the current name of the TAB - change it into a date , then subtract goback a month, so will work when year changes
and reformat into a TEXT MMM YY
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(DATEVALUE(MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255))),MONTH(DATEVALUE(MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255)))-1,1),"MMMYY")

then you may have to use a indirect, to use as a Sheet reference and add the cell value

=INDIRECT(TEXT(DATE(YEAR(DATEVALUE(MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255))),MONTH(DATEVALUE(MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,255)))-1,1),"MMMYY")&"!G11")

So should do - [Previous month]!CELL

This assumes you rename the sheet you are on, and then the formula will work with any previous month sheet in the workbook
 
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Untested but maybe something like this in D11:
=INDIRECT(TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,1),"mmmyy")&"!G11")
 
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Untested but maybe something like this in D11:
=INDIRECT(TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,1),"mmmyy")&"!G11")
JoeMo, Looks like it will work. Will know better when March Rolls around. Thanks!!!!
 
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i thought you created the TAB each month , SO if it was JAN21 , then you created a FEB21 , and you wanted the cells in JAN21 to be referenced , regardless of today's date. using today() would also change previous TAB references and change on the 1st of each month - Hence why i chose to use the TAB name itself, so the reference remains based on the TAB name and would not change each month with the date
 
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