Google Sheets Reference another cell or sheet

Posted by Fox on August 27, 2017
Posted in: How-To's.

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/75943?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Get data from other sheets in your spreadsheet

  1. On your computer, go to docs.google.com/spreadsheets/.
  2. Open or create a sheet.
  3. Select a cell.
  4. Type = followed by the sheet name, an exclamation point, and the cell being copied. For example, =Sheet1!A1 or ='Sheet number two'!B4.

Note: If a sheet name contains spaces or other non-alphanumeric symbols, include single quotes around it (as in the second example).

https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093340?hl=en

IMPORTRANGE

Imports a range of cells from a specified spreadsheet.

Sample Usage

IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abcd123abcd123", "sheet1!A1:C10")

IMPORTRANGE(A2,"B2")

Syntax

IMPORTRANGE(spreadsheet_key, range_string)

  • spreadsheet_key – The URL of the spreadsheet from where data will be imported.
    • The value for spreadsheet_key must either be enclosed in quotation marks or be a reference to a cell containing the URL of a spreadsheet.
  • range_string – A string, of the format "[sheet_name!]range" (e.g. "Sheet1!A2:B6" or "A2:B6") specifying the range to import.
    • The sheet_name component of range_string is optional; by default IMPORTRANGE will import from the given range of the first sheet.
    • The value for range_string must either be enclosed in quotation marks or be a reference to a cell containing the appropriate text.

Notes

  • Spreadsheets must be explicitly granted permission to pull data from other spreadsheets using IMPORTRANGE. The first time the destination sheet pulls data from a new source sheet, the user will be prompted to grant permission. Once access is granted, any editor on the destination spreadsheet can use IMPORTRANGE to pull from any part of the source spreadsheet. The access remains in effect until the user who granted access is removed from the source.

See Also

IMPORTXML: Imports data from any of various structured data types including XML, HTML, CSV, TSV, and RSS and ATOM XML feeds.

IMPORTHTML: Imports data from a table or list within an HTML page.

IMPORTFEED: Imports a RSS or ATOM feed.

IMPORTDATA: Imports data at a given url in .csv (comma-separated value) or .tsv (tab-separated value) format.