I have a few pages with ranges of data formatted identically:
Each row and column is a named range based on the left/top.
NAME...|DATA1...|DATA2...|DATA3...|DATA4...|
Joe.......|Hat........|Blue.......|Candle..|Uruguay.|
Susie....|Cartoon..|Bumpy...|Alligator|Neptune.|
Ozzie....|Guitar....|Toenail...|Plaster..|Subway..|
(much more extensive than this -- many columns with various names and sub-ranges)
On another page I would like to create a full page report crunching the data on any one individual.
I know how to enter a formula to find individual points of data:
=Page1!Susie Page1!Data2
But how can I make the worksheet and name variable, rather than hard-coded? In other words, I would like two dropdown lists at the top of the page (I already know how to make the dropdown lists):
A1 = Dropdown list of Worksheet Names
B1 = Dropdown list of Person names
Then I would like to substitute the selected values into all formulas on that page, so:
=Page1!Susie Page1!Data2
would become:
=[PageReferencedInA1]![NameReferencedInB1] [PageReferencedinA1]![Data2]
I'm sure this is simple matter but I can't seem to get it... Any help would be appreciated.
[EDIT: a little searching points me in the direction of the INDIRECT function, but I'm still unclear as to its use]
Thanks
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