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Averaging the sum of a specific cell across multiple sheets
Hello, I am trying to average a specific cell across a range of sheets where they have all been named with text (Not sure it matters?). The fixed cell that I am trying to average does have a for...
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=AVERAGE('SHEET NAME 1:SHEET NAME 2'!AC25)
I.e. single quotes before the name of the first sheet and after the name of the last sheet, but not in between. And ! between the second single quotes and the cell address.
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=AVERAGE('SHEET NAME 1:SHEET NAME 2'!AC25)
I.e. single quotes before the name of the first sheet and after the name of the last sheet, but not in between. And ! between the second single quotes and the cell address.
HansVogelaar I have been trying to play around with this, to see if I can have the formula omit any pages that have a No listed in cell AC23, so that it automatically filters out the disqualified sheets.
=AVERAGEIF(AC23,"No",'SHEET NAME 1:SHEET NAME 2'!AC25)
Any chance you could explain where I'm going wrong with this one?
In the first place, you refer to AC23 on the active sheet, not on the list of sheets.
In the second place, unlike AVERAGE, the function AVERAGEIF does not support a multi-sheet range, at least not directly.
As a workaround, create a list of the sheet names from SHEET NAME 1 to SHEET NAME 2, and use formulas to retrieve the values of AC23 and AC25. You can then use AVERAGEIF:
HansVogelaar Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense why it is not returning the value I want now.
I followed what you laid out, but the AVERAGEIF is presenting a #DIV/0! error. The values for AC23 and AC27 (had to add a couple cells, but its updated across all sheets) are returning correctly, so not sure what error I've made now.
- Yep, that was the issue. Thanks so much!
