put all your sheet names in the cell:
A1: test 1
A2: test 2
A3: test 3
A4: test 4

"Mysheets" is defined name range A1:A4 (no quotes)

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&MySheets&"'!Z4:Z4 000"),"b"))


"Jock" wrote:

All I get is #REF!
All sheets have names - would that make it easier?
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Jock


"Teethless mama" wrote:

Remove the $ sign in the data range

=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet"&{1,2,3,4}&"!Z4:Z4000 "),"b"))


"Teethless mama" wrote:

=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet"&{1,2,3,4}&"!Z$4:Z$40 00"),"b"))

"Jock" wrote:

How can I adapt the following to also look in the same range in sheet1!,
sheet2! and sheet3! as well as sheet 4! ?
=COUNTIF(sheet4!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")
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Jock