Vlookup help

[kaffal]

anyone know how to use vlookup in another excel file, ie the database is in another excel file

[oldchippy]

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[ChemistB]

Define a name to the range you want to look up. (in my example, the workbook is book1 and the name is test). Then you can use VLOOKUP by stating the name of the workbook like so

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If the workbook is closed, you'll need to include the path

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Does that work for you?