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Sat 12 Jun, 2004 07:16 pm
ok, currently i have an excel workbook with 5 sheets, pages 2 - 5 each represent a department and list job openings in that dept. page 1 is supposed to be a compilation of all the data from pages 2 - 5, but it is supposed to update itself whenever data is added or removed from pages 2 - 5. how do i do this? i kinda know about linking but it seems to me that links are static.
if pg 2 has 5 rows containing job info they will link to 5 rows in the pg 1 summary and then pg 3 data will appear starting at row 6 on page 1 ... but what if pg 2 then adds another row, will that info somehow link back to the summary and bump the page 3 summary infodown one line? i have no idea how to do this ...
Here's an example.
='Spreadsheet'!C853
is the name of the dynamic link, where 'Spreadsheet' (it must be in single quotes) is the name of the spreadsheet you're getting data from and C853 is the name of the cel you're linking to, e. g. it's in the C column, 853d row. The exclamation point is required for it to work.
If you add a row at, say, row 15, the link will update automatically and you will not have to change anything. It will just update itself one row downwards, and instead the link will be ='Spreadsheet'!C854
If, though, you add to row 854 instead (e. g. just below the row you're linking to), your link will not update automatically.
ok, but what i need is for every time someone enters a new job (adds a new row) to their personal page, that info will be sent to the summary ... which obviously should insert that new job into the summary and bump everything else down 1 row ... but in turn, that would cause a problem: lets say the heading IT is on pg 1 line 5, and below that are all IT jobs, then on pg 1 row 30 is the heading SALES, and below that all the sales jobs. well if someone enters a new IT job that would be inserted in the appropriate place on page 1, but the SALES heading would now shift to line 31, and that would affect all the cells from 31 on down ... also, if someone deletes a job,m that should delete it from pg 1 and shift all cells up, but again, that would mess up the formulas for the following job category ... so i guess my question is how do i make it possible for the pg 1 summary to know where job category one ends, and job 2 begins so there are no blank lines or overlaps in between? i hope im communicating this right, i really dont know. aside from having lines 5 - 29 on the summary link to lines 5-29 somewhere else and then starting job 2 at line 30, always line 30, i dont know how else to link it and make it adjustable...
I think you may need (ack, I can't remember what it's called) to anchor the cel. E. g. instead of C853, use $C$853