Reference data from other sheets - Computer (2024)

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How do you reference data from other sheets? ›

IMPORTRANGE: To reference data from a different Google Sheets file, use the IMPORTRANGE function with the syntax =IMPORTRANGE("SpreadsheetURL", "SheetName! CellRange"). Replace "SpreadsheetURL" with the URL of the source spreadsheet and "SheetName! CellRange" with the sheet name and cell range you want to import.

The simplest method to reference another sheet in Google Sheets is by using cell references. This method requires the following syntax: SheetName! CellReference. For example, if you want to reference the cell A1 in a sheet named “Sheet1,” you would type =Sheet1!

You can use the QUERY function in Google Sheets to pull data from another sheet that meets specific criteria. This particular example pulls data from the range A1:C11 in Sheet1 only for the rows where the value in column A is equal to Mavs.

Copy data from one sheet to another automatically

Click on the cell where you wish your data to be located, and enter the IMPORTRANGE formula, inserting the URL you copied where needed. You can also choose to specify the data range within the formula.

Select the cell or cells where you want to create the external reference. Type = (equal sign). Switch to the source workbook, and then click the worksheet that contains the cells that you want to link. Press F3, select the name that you want to link to and press Enter.

The most common way to pulling data from another sheet in Excel is to type an exclamation mark and a cell/range reference after the worksheet name. Since the worksheet name usually contains spaces, you'd better enclose it in single quotes to avoid an error. For example; 'My Worksheet! '$A$1.

The MATCH function can pull data from another Excel worksheet when used with the INDEX function. For example, if you want to pull the value in cell B8 from Sheet2 in a workbook, you can use the following formula: =INDEX(Sheet2! A1:B10,MATCH(B8,Sheet2! A1:A10,0),2).

How do you cross reference data from two spreadsheets? ›

You just need to select a column where you want to put the matching data and enter the following formula: =MATCH(B2,Sheet1! B2:B6,0). This formula will return the row number of the matching value in Sheet1, or an error if there is no match.