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Hi Jorge,

The maximum number of parameters that can be used in the concatenate function in Excel is 255. If you exceed this limit, you will get an error message.

One way to solve this issue is to break up the concatenate formula into smaller parts. For example, you can use multiple concatenate formulas in different cells and then combine the results using another concatenate formula. Here's an example:

Let's say you have three sheets named "Sheet1", "Sheet2", and "Sheet3". You want to concatenate the values in cells A1, B1, and C1 of each sheet and display the results in cell A1 of a new sheet named "Consolidated".
  1. In cell A1 of the "Consolidated" sheet, enter the following formula:

    Code:
    =CONCATENATE(Sheet1!A1,",",Sheet1!B1,",",Sheet1!C1,",",Sheet2!A1,",",Sheet2!B1,",",Sheet2!C1,",",Sheet3!A1,",",Sheet3!B1,",",Sheet3!C1)
  2. Since this formula has more than 255 parameters, we need to break it up into smaller parts. In cell B1 of the "Consolidated" sheet, enter the following formula:

    Code:
    =CONCATENATE(Sheet1!A1,",",Sheet1!B1,",",Sheet1!C1)
  3. In cell C1 of the "Consolidated" sheet, enter the following formula:

    Code:
    =CONCATENATE(Sheet2!A1,",",Sheet2!B1,",",Sheet2!C1)
  4. In cell D1 of the "Consolidated" sheet, enter the following formula:

    Code:
    =CONCATENATE(Sheet3!A1,",",Sheet3!B1,",",Sheet3!C1)
  5. Finally, in cell E1 of the "Consolidated" sheet, enter the following formula to combine the results from cells A1, B1, C1, and D1:

    Code:
    =CONCATENATE(A1,",",B1,",",C1,",",D1)

This should give you the concatenated values from all three sheets in a single cell without exceeding the parameter limit.
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