Goodmorning- in my life as an excelite, my level of expertise is about
25% advanced and there in lies my problem. While understanding index &
match on "a" sheet in workbook #1, i am unable to write the formula
that will allow me to update prices on the one sheet, open separate
workbooks, and import that update to a specific line of cells that
match the updated material
=INDEX($B2:$B20,,MATCH(B23,$A2:$A20,0)) -this works well on a single
sheet but when in the sheets of the workbks to be updated the link
naming convention seems ok but i get hung up because "B23" represents
the cell in the first sheet but not the 2d & 3d work sheets and i do
not understand the formula for renaming or naming the B23 to the proper
cell in the other wkbk sheets and identify that the new "B23" is in a
different wkbk and diff cell & is merely a link

update wksheet diff wkbk
sheet
A B
abt 1 abt glw
gm
glw 2
gm 5 ? ?
?

simply stated " if in 'diff wkbk sheet' "abt" exists, then update with
amt from col B in "update wksheet" to the occurrence of "abt" in 'diff
wkbk sheet' if " abt" exists in 'diff wkbk sheet'
-symbols are dynamic in the sense they change periodically and so it
cannot be a hard link but to be activated only if an occurance of the
ticker symbol exists in 'diff wkbk sheet"
- the 'update wksheet' will the constant
Thanks to whomever has the wisdom to guide me
VTY wrpalmer


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