Excel OFFSET function with a dynamic row argument

Question

Sorry about my newbieness here.

So... I have this table:

And I want to collect some data into a different sheet:

As example, I am collecting D14, with this formula: =OFFSET(Test_Sheet,$A$18,2,9,1.1).

Problem is: when I drag the formula to Row 15, the value stays the same because the Argument "rows" it is static. How can I drag down this formula with "rows" argument increasing 1 unit per row? Expected result should be =OFFSET(Test_Sheet,$A$18, 3 ,9,1,1).

Thank you all

Answer 1

Your solution is to create what I call "anchor cells" as references and calculate your offsets from those anchors. In your example, your first anchor is Test_Sheet$A18 . For my own convenience, I usually create a named range for that cell.

In my example here, you can see that cell A4 is named DataAnchor .

Your next anchor is the FIRST cell of your formula in relation to the anchor cell . (Clearly, if you move things around your relative "constants" will change. So be advised.)

In this example, my first cell with the formula is F8 .

To get the relative row offset between the anchor row and my formula row, you calculate:

ROW()-ROW(DataAnchor)-2

That's the current row number minus the row number of the anchor minus two.

Then the formula in F8 copied down becomes

=OFFSET(DataAnchor,ROW()-ROW(DataAnchor)-2,2,1,1)