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Wadoodoo
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Aug 24, 2021
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How to Index Match from multiple closed workbooks in excel.

Dear Tech Community,   I am trying to reference multiple closed Excel workbooks with different file paths and file names. My initial approach was to define the file path and file name in different ...
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    HansVogelaar
    Aug 26, 2021

    Wadoodoo 

    Here is a new sample workbook.

     

    The current values in G5:UU5 are just dummy values.

    First, enter some valid lookup values in G5, H5, etc. You don't have to do all of them, just a few for now.

    Next, correct the values in A7, B7 and C7, or if they are already correct, select one of them, press F2, then press Enter.

    Then look at G7, H7, etc. Hopefully, they will now contain formulas.

    If that works, add data for a different workbook in A8 to C8 and then look at G8, H8 etc.

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