Sorting data does not expand to other sheets
Hi. I am looking for a way to maintain data on multiple sheets if I sort.
For example: Sheet 1 A B 1 k blue 2 m green 3 c red Sheet 2 is A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval Every time I sort column A in sheet 1, column A in sheet 2 does as well, but the sort did not expand to the data in column B sheet 2. Is there a way around this? Thanks! |
Sorting data does not expand to other sheets
Hi,
In column B of sheet 2, use the VLOOKUP() formula =vlookup(A1,Sheet1!A1:B3,2,0) and copy down -- Regards, Ashsih Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "ahkasiv" wrote in message ... Hi. I am looking for a way to maintain data on multiple sheets if I sort. For example: Sheet 1 A B 1 k blue 2 m green 3 c red Sheet 2 is A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval Every time I sort column A in sheet 1, column A in sheet 2 does as well, but the sort did not expand to the data in column B sheet 2. Is there a way around this? Thanks! |
Sorting data does not expand to other sheets
Ashish, thanks for the suggestion which I will use regardless but it doesn't
seem to work for me. Just to clarify, if I sort Column A sheet 1 from a to z, sheet 2 column b stays the same and does not sort with column A. Ideally I would like to see sheet 2 change from A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval to A B 1 =sheet1!A3 oval 2 =sheet1!A1 circle 3 =sheet1!A2 square The reason why there is data on 2 sheets is because otherwise the data is less manageable and stretches across 50 columns. This was our solution although faulty it would seem. :) "Ashish Mathur" wrote: Hi, In column B of sheet 2, use the VLOOKUP() formula =vlookup(A1,Sheet1!A1:B3,2,0) and copy down -- Regards, Ashsih Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "ahkasiv" wrote in message ... Hi. I am looking for a way to maintain data on multiple sheets if I sort. For example: Sheet 1 A B 1 k blue 2 m green 3 c red Sheet 2 is A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval Every time I sort column A in sheet 1, column A in sheet 2 does as well, but the sort did not expand to the data in column B sheet 2. Is there a way around this? Thanks! |
Sorting data does not expand to other sheets
Hi,
Try this. In another range (say G3:H45), make a 2*2 table with All data from column 1 of sheet 1 in the first column. In the second column. have all the values from column B of sheet 2. Now you can use the VLOOKUP formula in sheet 2=vlookup(A1,G3:H45,2,0) -- Regards, Ashsih Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "ahkasiv" wrote in message ... Ashish, thanks for the suggestion which I will use regardless but it doesn't seem to work for me. Just to clarify, if I sort Column A sheet 1 from a to z, sheet 2 column b stays the same and does not sort with column A. Ideally I would like to see sheet 2 change from A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval to A B 1 =sheet1!A3 oval 2 =sheet1!A1 circle 3 =sheet1!A2 square The reason why there is data on 2 sheets is because otherwise the data is less manageable and stretches across 50 columns. This was our solution although faulty it would seem. :) "Ashish Mathur" wrote: Hi, In column B of sheet 2, use the VLOOKUP() formula =vlookup(A1,Sheet1!A1:B3,2,0) and copy down -- Regards, Ashsih Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "ahkasiv" wrote in message ... Hi. I am looking for a way to maintain data on multiple sheets if I sort. For example: Sheet 1 A B 1 k blue 2 m green 3 c red Sheet 2 is A B 1 =sheet1!A1 circle 2 =sheet1!A2 square 3 =sheet1!A3 oval Every time I sort column A in sheet 1, column A in sheet 2 does as well, but the sort did not expand to the data in column B sheet 2. Is there a way around this? Thanks! |
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