Check out some similar questions!

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 07:35 PM

Hello,

I have an excel spreadsheet with multiple tabs and want to link my everchanging total sales profit number from my "Sales Tab" to a cell in my "Overhead Tab" so I can subtract all overhead therefore giving me a more realistic profit/loss number anytime I look at it. How do I do it?

Basically I want to avoid having to update the "sales profit" cell in my Overhead Tab since it keeps changing in my Sales Tab. Make sense?

PLEASE HELP! :)

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 07:38 PM

I want link a sales figure cell from one tab "Sales" to another tab "Overhead" in the same spreadsheet? Help?

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by ScottGem

Its not necessary to use Word. Basically all you need do, is right click on the cell where you want the hyperlink and select Hyperlink and then follow the instructions from there.

WHEN I DO IT IT JUST SHOWS A LINK. IS THERE ANY WAY TO SHOW THE ACTUAL FIGURE? I want to show the profit figure from my sales tab into an overhead tab.

ScottGem · May 9, 2009, 07:54 PM

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

What are you linking to?

Zazonker · May 9, 2009, 08:00 PM

To set up a link between any 2 cells, you go to the target cell, type '=" then change tabs (assuming the source cell is on a different tab) click on the source cell.

I hope I understood your problem correctly.

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by ScottGem

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone elses. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

what are you linking to?

So sorry. This is my first time to use a Q/A forum. Should I be replying somewhere else then?

My question is:

I want to be able to link and see the total profit sales figure cell from one tab titled "Sales" on a different tab titled "Overhead"... kind of how you can use =SUM(A1,A2) button within the same spreadsheet but within different tabs.

I want to be able to see if Im making money after all expenses every time I imput a new cost in my overhead tab... bottom line number. Make sense? Help...

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Zazonker

To set up a link between any 2 cells, you go to the target cell, type '=" then change tabs (assuming the source cell is on a different tab) click on the source cell.

I hope I understood your problem correctly.

OMG!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! THAT WORKS!

JUST FYI TO FUTURE READERS WITH THIS PROBLEM, CLICK ENTER AFTER FOLLOWING Zazonker's Instructions... dont revert back to original Tab... it had me there for a second!! Thank you so much Zazonker! You've made my finances so much easier! :)

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by uticehockey27

So sorry. This is my first time to use a Q/A forum. Should I be replying somewhere else then?

My question is:

I want to be able to link and see the total profit sales figure cell from one tab titled "Sales" on a diffrent tab titled "Overhead"...kind of how you can use =SUM(A1,A2) button within the same spreadsheet but within diffrent tabs.

I want to be able to see if Im making money after all expenses everytime I imput a new cost in my overhead tab...bottom line number. Make sense? Help.....

Never mind! GOT THE ANSWER: https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/spread...et-351836.html

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Zazonker

To set up a link between any 2 cells, you go to the target cell, type '=" then change tabs (assuming the source cell is on a different tab) click on the source cell.

I hope I understood your problem correctly.

Thank you Zazonker. This presents me with a different problem. :( haha. Can you help? Now I need to subtract a list of costs (C3-C27) from that figure in that cell you just helped me with. I tried =SUM(D2-C3:C28) but it gave me a #VALUE!

Zazonker · May 9, 2009, 09:02 PM

Seems like that should be:

=d2 - sum (c3:c28)

Stop and think about it for a minute. If you understand what the sum function does, you'll see why your way couldn't work.

And, all I did, was translate what you told me in words into an expession.

uticehockey27 · May 9, 2009, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Zazonker

Seems like that should be:

=d2 - sum (c3:c28)

Stop and think about it for a minute. If you understand what the sum function does, you'll see why your way couldn't work.

And, all I did, was translate what you told me in words into an expession.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN Zazonker!! Im not very good at creating complex formulas, just the basics by clicking on the "Greek Symbol" that creates formulas for addition but using your formula and the other formula from before helped me come up with what I exactly needed: ='SALES'!L7-SUM(C5:C30). Thanks again!

JBeaucaire · May 9, 2009, 11:43 PM

In the sheet that DOESN'T have the data, click on the cell you want the data to appear in.

Press =
With your mouse, click on the other sheet tab
Click on the cell with the data you want
Press ENTER.

You should now have the data appearing that you want. The formula to bring over data from another sheet will, at this point, look something like this:

=Sales!A1

ScottGem · May 10, 2009, 05:25 AM

I'm glad you got your answer. I've merged your threads together since they all deal with the same question. Posting one thread for a question is enough. And yes you post follow up by using the Answer This Question options.

Just another point, the thread that you piggybacked on was a totally different question, that's why I had to ask for more info.