Well.. you can rename your sheets..Specify the sheetnames in the range J1:J5
(no blanks please) and try the below formula

=SUMPRODUCT(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"& J1:J5 &"'!A:A"),C1,
INDIRECT("'"& J1:J5 &"'!B:B")))

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Jacob Skaria


"Friday" wrote:

JACOB,
Thank you for your suggestion. However, your solution is exactly what I was
referring to in my post when I previously received suggestions which required
a PH D in Excel. I don't know what half that stuff means. I can't rename my
sheets if I understand you.

Isn't there a simple & direct way to sum a series of vlookups? That's why I
am making this a suggestion for Microsoft this time.
Steve

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Try the below which will lookup the value in C1 in Sheet1,Sheet2 ColA and add
the corresponding values in ColB

=SUMPRODUCT(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"& {"sheet1","sheet2"} &"'!A:A"),C1,
INDIRECT("'"& {"sheet1","sheet2"} &"'!B:B")))

'To try with more sheets Sheet1, Sheet2,Sheet3....Sheet25
=SUMPRODUCT(SUMIF(INDIRECT("'"&"sheet"&ROW(INDIREC T("1:25"))&
"'!A:A"),C1,INDIRECT("'"&"sheet"&ROW(INDIRECT("1:2 5"))&"'!B:B")))

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Jacob Skaria


"Friday" wrote:

Currently, I can use vlookup to find the value in a cell for any w'sheet.

Why can't I sum a series of vlookups? Each vlookup would scan a range of
sheets, then find the correct row (if it exists, if not skip this sheet), and
these values could be summed.

=SUM(FIRST:LAST!B3) Works, but does not allow any variation among rows.
To use this, I have to match the rows of a hundred sheets!!

=VLOOKUP(A6,FIRST:LAST!A4:D100,5,FALSE) Does not give an error, but does
not give a value either.

=VLOOKUP(A6,'*',A4:D100,5,FALSE) Same result.

Could I use something like =SUM(VLOOKUP(............) ?

I tried asking for advice and got some ideas that work IF I had a PH.D. in
Excel.

Isn't there a simple way to sum a value, in a range of sheets, where the
value appears in different rows in each sheet, but the same column?

IF COLUMN A CONTAINS A UNIQUE VALUE (ie: DATE or PART#) TO SEARCH.
IF THE COLUMNS IN EACH SHEET ARE THE SAME.

Right now I'm guessing this can only be done by very smart people who make
their living teaching Excel or writing books about Excel.



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