Alternative to INDIRECT for referencing Named Ranges

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WHERE are we meant to be looking? Which worksheet?

EDIT: Oops! Missed the direction to look at the Report sheet.

It's not the INDIRECT function per se, it's the unnecessary use of full column references in the named ranges. Limit them.

So AName becomes =Attendance!$A2:$A5000 and AMonth becomes =Attendance!$B2:$B5000. Just make the ranges a bit longer than they will ever need to be.

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You could make the Named Ranges dynamic

AName:

Formula:

=Attendance!$A2:INDEX(Attendance!$A:$A,COUNTA(Attendance!A:A))

AMonth:

Formula:

=Attendance!$B2:INDEX(Attendance!$B:$B,COUNTA(Attendance!A:A))

Note: use the same column for the COUNTA.

Tried the formula, it will face the same slowdown in calculations as well, probably due to involving massive range (A:A). However, it is a good option if INDIRECT is not used haha.

it will face the same slowdown in calculations as well, probably due to involving massive range (A:A).

It shouldn’t but, if it does, you could always combine the two approaches.

That would avoid having hundreds of blank entries in the list.

I'll look again later when I have access to a computer.

In the attached updated example, I have converted all the Named Ranges to Dynamic Named Ranges except NSalList. That didn't seem to work with INDIRECT so I've gone with Ali's approach for that.