Excel 3D Reference - easily reference data on another worksheet

Posted on: 05/16/2023

A 3D reference in Excel is a simple method to pull data from another cell, another worksheet, or a range of worksheets. Changes in the source will reflect in the destination.

You can use multiple functions when creating a 3D reference. Functions such as Sum, Average, Count, Counta, Max, and Min all work with a 3D reference.

Examples of 3D references

In cell R2 we can use a 3D reference for =B2. Changes in B2 will reflect in cell R2l.
=Monday!B2 reference the Monday worksheet. Changes in cell B2 on the Monday worksheet will update when the source updates.
=Sum(East:West!B2) changes in the worksheets that start with East and go to West for cell B2 will reflect. We could have multiple worksheets between the East and West worksheets.

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