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Chad Briddell
Mar 14, 2018Copper Contributor
Vlookup referencing second excel file help.
i need to vlookup data found in a second excel file - spreadsheete 2. i am struggling to find the syntax to add to the vlookup formula in spreadsheet 1. can you advise?
SergeiBaklan
Mar 14, 2018Diamond Contributor
That's perhaps you add sheet name manually. It shall be like this
Both files are opened
=VLOOKUP(D13,[Example5.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$1:$B$4,2,FALSE)
second file is closed, full link autogenerated
=VLOOKUP(D13,'G:\MyFolder\[Example5.xlsx]Sheet1'!$A$1:$B$4,2,FALSE)
Chad Briddell
Mar 14, 2018Copper Contributor
thanks sergei