Comments on: Set Up Range Names to Connect Reports to Excel Databases, Part 1 http://exceluser.com/blog/38/set-up-range-names-to-connect-reports-to-excel-databases-part-1.html Insight for business users of Microsoft Excel Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=192 By: Charley Kyd http://exceluser.com/blog/38/set-up-range-names-to-connect-reports-to-excel-databases-part-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Charley Kyd Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:51:57 +0000 http://exceluser.com/blog/?p=38#comment-7 Andrew, Take a look at <a href="http://exceluser.com/blog/94/how-to-report-and-analyze-variable-length-databases-in-excel.html" rel="nofollow">How to Report and Analyze Variable-Length Databases in Excel</a>. Charley Andrew,

Take a look at How to Report and Analyze Variable-Length Databases in Excel.

Charley

]]> By: Norm http://exceluser.com/blog/38/set-up-range-names-to-connect-reports-to-excel-databases-part-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-3 Norm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:26:29 +0000 http://exceluser.com/blog/?p=38#comment-3 Charlie. Nice solution!! Many thanks for the guidance. It really helped. Charlie. Nice solution!! Many thanks for the guidance. It really helped.

]]> By: Andrew Bates - Softrak http://exceluser.com/blog/38/set-up-range-names-to-connect-reports-to-excel-databases-part-1.html/comment-page-1#comment-2 Andrew Bates - Softrak Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:13:49 +0000 http://exceluser.com/blog/?p=38#comment-2 Have you found any easy way (read automatic way) of linking a reporting spreadsheet to a data spreadsheet (generated externally) where the number of rows is not known in advance (and changes on each invocation)? For example, I have a data sheet containing information about all my customers, one customer per row. I want a summary sheet that counts the number of customers (number of rows in the table), the sum of their YTD sales (contained in a column in the data table), and a count of the customers we have done business with in the last 12 months (last invoice date is another data element in the table). Despite a programming background, I haven't found a function reference or cell reference formula that seems to return the data I need to reference back to the underlying data table. Oh yes - I'm using Excel 2007 with Lists. Thanks for any help you can provide or any resources you can point me to. Have you found any easy way (read automatic way) of linking a reporting spreadsheet to a data spreadsheet (generated externally) where the number of rows is not known in advance (and changes on each invocation)? For example, I have a data sheet containing information about all my customers, one customer per row. I want a summary sheet that counts the number of customers (number of rows in the table), the sum of their YTD sales (contained in a column in the data table), and a count of the customers we have done business with in the last 12 months (last invoice date is another data element in the table).

Despite a programming background, I haven’t found a function reference or cell reference formula that seems to return the data I need to reference back to the underlying data table.

Oh yes – I’m using Excel 2007 with Lists. Thanks for any help you can provide or any resources you can point me to.

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