使用SUMIF函数时，如何在同一工作簿中的另一个工作表中引用另一个单元格作为通配符？

Question

I am trying to use the contents of a cell from a different worksheet as part of the wildcard criteria within my SUMIF function elsewhere. Here is what I have that is returning the correct value:

=SUMIF('PASTE SAP DATA HERE'!H:H,'PASTE SAP DATA HERE'!L:L,D23&"*")

I would like to use the same value within D23 but from a separate worksheet where it should be stored:

=SUMIF('PASTE SAP DATA HERE'!H:H,'PASTE SAP DATA HERE'!L:L,'March SAP Core Data'!A18&"*")

The second attempt currently returns the value 0. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

"Look at the data, make sure there are no spaces or other non visible characters that might be throwing off the matches. If the matches are numbers or dates, make sure that both are true numbers or dates and not text that look like numbers or dates. The formula looks like it should work. – Scott Craner"

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