Some thoughts.. On the face of it, if the VLOOKUP evaluates to a defined
range, think we could try wrapping INDIRECT around the VLOOKUP, so something
like this should work:

= OFFSET(INDIRECT(VLOOKUP(D3,'02-00W-In$ight'!O7:X19,1,0)),0,-9)

The above OFFSET expression would need to be array-entered* if the defined
range returned is a multi-cell range, should the expression be in a cell on
it's own, i.e. not nested within other functions.

*press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, instead of just ENTER

... VLOOKUP(D3,'02-00W-In$ight'!O7:X19,1,0)
But .. think the VLOOKUP above evaluates the same as just having: = D3 ? If
so, perhaps simply having:

= OFFSET(INDIRECT(D3),0,-9)

would do it
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I am trying to use and offset that starts the reference by utilizing a
vlookup .

OFFSET(VLOOKUP(D3,'02-00W-In$ight'!O7:X19,1,0),0,-9)
This is what I have - it returns an error saying the formula contains an
error

help is appreciated.. thanks