Thanks Andy and JMB!!!

That was very kewl! I'm impressed by the power of Excel. Now that I know if
can do this (develop formulas that can reference data information from a
different tab on my spreadsheet), I wonder if it can handle something a
little more complicated like an "array formula" (as much of my statistical
data works with arrays, as well as the "countif" and "counta" functions).

Two example array formulas I am using (whose numerical results I'd like to
be referenced on a different worksheet tab) are the following:

REFERENCES DATA BY A SPECIFIC YEAR

=SUM((YEAR(Z4:Z3500)=2007)*(AN4:AN3500={"Referred to Tx","AC
Initiated","Completed Tx-File Closed"}))

REFERENCES DATA BY A SPECIFIC MONTH IN A YEAR

=SUM(--(TEXT(Z4:Z3500,"mmm yy")="Jan 07"))*(AN4:AN3500={"Referred to Tx","AC
Initiated","Completed Tx-File Closed"})

Best,

Dan



"JMB" wrote:

Any excel formula that accepts a range argument should be able to reference
another worksheet.

=COUNTA('New Rules'!A:A) would count the number of entries in new rules
Column A.

=COUNTIF('New Rules'!B:B, "Depression") would count the number of cells
w/"depression" in column B of new rules worksheet.

Easiest to type =COUNTIF( then use your mouse to click on the sheet you
want and select the range (column B in this example). Excel will put in 'New
Rules'!B:B for you, then finish by typing the ", "Depression")" (sans the
extra quotes I just used). That way excel handles the single quote and
exclamation placement (which is probably what you are doing already to link
worksheets). Can also use that method to reference other workbooks in your
formulae.


"Dan the Man" wrote:

I have a question?

Is there a formula that I can use which references a different "tab" on my
spreadsheet.

For example if on sheet 1 (which of named New Rules) I have dates in which
clients were admitted to our treatment program. Also on sheet one, I list
their diagnoses (e.g depression, anxiety, etc).

On sheet 2 (which I nammed QA Data) I want to list "stats only". For
example, cell A1 on the QA Data sheet may list the total number of clients in
2007, and another cell may list a break out of diagnoses. Again, the raw data
for this information (name of client, admission date, diagnosis) is on sheet
1 (New Rules), but I want to use sheet 2 (QA Data) to tally the various stats
that I desire (a tab dedicated to stas).

I just didn't know if you can write Excel formula on one sheet askinig to
capture information from another sheet. The only thing I know how to do is to
"link data" between sheets, but I don't want to do that.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dan