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Default VLookup and Indirect

I am currently using INDIRECT to get the lookup_value for VLOOKUP

The formula I am using is:
=VLOOKUP(INDIRECT(D2),INDIRECT("'"&B2&"'!A2:F20"), 2,)

where D2 is a text string (example:Akan 1-1)

When I use the above formula I get #Ref
If I place D2 in quotes:
=VLOOKUP(INDIRECT("D2"),INDIRECT("'"&B2&"'!A2:F20" ),2,).

The correct result is returned. However this locks the reference to D2. I
need to be able to use this code so that If I move it to the 3rd column it
will read D3 and I would prefer not to change the number each time.

I have also tried the following formulas and they all return #Ref for the
lookup_value.
=VLOOKUP(INDIRECT("""&D2&"""),INDIRECT("'"&B2&"'!A 2:F20"),2,)
=VLOOKUP(INDIRECT(""""&D2&""""),INDIRECT("'"&B2&"' !A2:F20"),2,)


I used the formula auditing to determine where the problem is the
lookup_value. The rest of the formula works just fine.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 
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