Indirect Function to Build Excel Formula

Question

I am trying to use the indirect function in Excel to build a formula to return a value on another sheet.

On Sheet A cell D3 has the value B

I want to use the value B to return a value from cell B6 in a Sheet called App Summary.

I tired the below formula on Sheet A:

="'App Summary'!"&Indirect("D3") & 6

This return the string 'App Summary'!B6.

How do I get it to calculate so that is returns the value in cell B6 from the App Summary Sheet?

Answer 1

I usually put the whole statement in the Indirect() function and use '&' to connect parts that are direct quotes with parts that are dynamic.

Example: =INDIRECT("'Workbook A'!A"&A1) will return the value in 'Workbook A'! that is located in column A, at the row indicated by the number in the current sheet's A1. If A1 is 1, this will return the value in 'Workbook A'!A1 .

You might try =Indirect("'App Summary'!"&D3&"6") . I'm assuming you want to use a column from another sheet who's value is stored in D3 of the current sheet and look in the 6th row on the Summary sheet.