Excel COUNTIF带有链接到另一个工作簿

Question

I am trying to get the count of records from a sheet in a different workbook. I'm using the following formula:

=COUNTIF('C:\Path\To\File\[WORK1.xlsm]SheetName'!$A:$A,"*")-1

NOTE: The file is an xlsM. It has a header row, that's why I'm subtracting 1

If I have the WORK1.XLSM file open at the same time as my 'Summary' workbook, then the numbers populate and are correct. Once I close WORK1, I get #VALUE in the cell.

So 2 questions:

1. Is there a reason this won't work?

2. Is there a better way to write this?

Thanks for your consideration.

Answer 1

COUNTIF不适用于封闭的工作簿，看起来您可以使用COUNTA，即

=COUNTA('C:\\Path\\To\\File\\[WORK1.xlsm]SheetName'!$A:$A)-1