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Adrira
Copper Contributor
Aug 14, 2021

Help needed for understanding with structured reference

Hi,

i need a bit of help to understand something with structured reference in excels Table

=DeptSales[Sales Amount],DeptSales[Commission Amount]

A combination of two or more columns

, (comma) union operator

C2:C7, E2:E7

 

I can't use this thing, the , comma union operator doesn t work, but i can use the : (colon) as below and i really don't understand why.

=DeptSales[[Sales Person]:[Region]]

All of the cells in two or more adjacent columns

: (colon) range operator

A2:B7

 

Thanks for your help and sorry for mybad english 🙂

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  • Yea_So's avatar
    Yea_So
    Bronze Contributor

    Adrira 

     

    Structured Reference Union does not work as described in 

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/using-structured-references-with-excel-tables-f5ed2452-2337-4f71-bed3-c8ae6d2b276e#:~:text=Structured%20references%20also%20appear%20when%20you%20create%20a,of%20typing%20their%20cell%20reference%20in%20the%20formula.

     

    I have posted a question in:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_win10-mso_365hp/structured-reference-union-does-not-work/0f78fd96-1323-4a2a-aaaa-344586fa1d2a

  • Yea_So's avatar
    Yea_So
    Bronze Contributor

    Adrira 

     

    It depends on what you are trying to do, i.e.

    If you're trying to get a range:

     

    If you're trying to do an equation:

     

    so what are you trying to do?  show the desired result

  • Yea_So's avatar
    Yea_So
    Bronze Contributor
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/using-structured-references-with-excel-tables-f5ed2452-2337-4f71-bed3-c8ae6d2b276e
    • Adrira's avatar
      Adrira
      Copper Contributor
      thanks for your answer but i already tried what's in this link, nothing work for the combinaison of two or more colomn

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