formula to reference cell on previous worksheet

[endless_thoughts17]

I have a few worksheets that I do my budgeting and bills on. Is there a way
to reference by ending balance on a previous worksheet?

 

[T. Valko]

If the ending balance is the *last* numeric value in a certain column...

Say your ending balance is the last numeric value in sheet1 column A:

=LOOKUP(1E100,Sheet1!A:A)

 

[Gord Dibben]

If you're willing to use a User Defined Function.......

Function PrevSheet(rg As Range)
n = Application.Caller.Parent.Index
If n = 1 Then
PrevSheet = CVErr(xlErrRef)
ElseIf TypeName(Sheets(n - 1)) = "Chart" Then
PrevSheet = CVErr(xlErrNA)
Else
PrevSheet = Sheets(n - 1).Range(rg.Address).Value
End If
End Function

Say you have 13 sheets, sheet1 through sheet13...........sheet names don't
matter.

In sheet1 you have a formula in A10 =SUM(A1:A9)

Select second sheet and SHIFT + Click last sheet

In active sheet A10 enter =SUM(PrevSheet(A10),A1:A9)

Ungroup the sheets.

Each A10 will have the sum of the previous sheet's A10 plus the sum of the
current sheet's A1:A9


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP