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    Index/Match across sheets

    Hi,

    I have a formula which looks across multiple columns and it returns the text which appears first. E.g. in the example below it looks in T2, if blank it then looks in U2 and so on and so on.
    =INDEX(T2:AC2,MATCH(TRUE,T2:AC2<>"",0))

    I need a similar formula which rather than looks across columns on the same sheet I need it to look across multiple sheets within the same cell and return it if not blank.

    e.g. I have 4 data sheets and a summary sheet. The data sheets are:
    • North
    • Aviation
    • Marine
    • South


    Only data is entered on the “South” sheet in cell E7 in the exmaple – this is the only thing I need to return to the summary sheet.

    Can this be done?

    I have included an example

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    Re: Index/Match across sheets

    Hi.

    Not sure I understand. Is the precedence for sheets from left-to-right as we see them?

    If so, South is not the first such sheet with a non-blank entry in cell E7: in fact, that cell is empty in that sheet. Aviation, however, has an entry of I.55 in E7 and Marine one of I.500.0003.

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    Re: Index/Match across sheets

    Sorry - I meant to put the Sheet "Marine". Marine is the only sheet which has something in E7 (now that is)

    If the model had something in the sheet Marine and also South I would need just the Marine field returned (due to its postion in the sheet).

    Does that make more sense?
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    Re: Index/Match across sheets

    One way to do it would be to first go to Name Manager and define:

    Name: Sheets
    Refers to: ={"North","Aviation","Marine","South"}

    The formula is then:

    =INDIRECT("'"&INDEX(Sheets,MATCH(1,INDEX(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&Sheets&"'!E7"),"<>"),,),0))&"'!E7")

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    Re: Index/Match across sheets

    Perfect - thansk XOR LX

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    Re: Index/Match across sheets

    You're welcome!

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