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Federico Aliprandi
Jul 21, 2018Copper Contributor
Referencing a table cell, keeping reference when cell value changes
Hello, In Excel I have a table, with the first column acting as a unique identifier (I make sure there aren't duplicates). I want to be able to reference a cell of this table's first column so that:...
Federico Aliprandi
Jul 21, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi Sergei,
Thank you for your answer. The INDEX/MATCH formulas are great, but my problem is that if I change the said ID, it is not updated in the other table. Maybe I should use an additional column, using a progressive number, so that I'm sure I will never have to change? At the moment as a unique identifier I am using a name string, which is likely to be changed in the future.
SergeiBaklan
Jul 23, 2018Diamond Contributor
Hi Frederico,
Yes, for unique IDs you shall to use the values which won't be changed