Using Xlookup with linked data

Copper Contributor

Is it possible to use XLookup where the lookup value is linked data or does it always have to be from the sheet that the data is being posted on.

 

I have a sheet that is using an employee ID to return a name, because the employee that did the work changes every day the employee ID changes.  I have Xlookup setup on sheet 2 and it is working but I am having to manually copy the employee number over each morning before it will work. When I try to link data from sheet 1 to sheet 2 and have Xlookup use the linked data as its lookup value I get an error.

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@mhutch71 Should be no problem. Can you upload a file with some example data and the formula that returns the error?