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How to find a max/min value between sheets AND return the sheet name as well?

brianb343

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I feel like this should be fairly simple, but I just can't find the right combo of functions to do both. Finding the max or min value between sheets is fairly straight forward, but how can you return the min/max value AND the sheet name which it came from?
=MAX(Sheet1!A2,Sheet2!A2,Sheet3!A2,Sheet4!A2) gives me the highest value for 'A2' between all four sheets; can this function be combined with an index/match or IF function to return which sheet the max value was found on? The max value and sheet name could be in two different cells; just trying to return them both on the summary sheet.
 
Brianb

Firstly, Welcome to the Chandoo.org Forums

You can simplify: =MAX(Sheet1!A2,Sheet2!A2,Sheet3!A2,Sheet4!A2)
To: =MAX(Sheet1:Sheet4!A2)

Then in D2:D5 or somewhere else put a list of the Worksheet Names

Then use: =INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(TRUE,COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A10"),D1)>0,0)) Ctrl+Shift+Enter

I assume that your max value using =MAX(Sheet1:Sheet4!A2) is in cell D1
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Then use: =INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(TRUE,COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A10"),D1)>0,0)) Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Could i ask what is the !A10 in this example? i get a N/A result or a Value result.

Thanks.
 
Then use: =INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(TRUE,COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A10"),D1)>0,0)) Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Could i ask what is the !A10 in this example? i get a N/A result or a Value result.

Thanks.
I think it is a typo, A10 should read as A2.

This formula return the Sheet name which have the MAX value.

=INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(TRUE,COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A2"),D1)>0,0))
Ctrl+Shift+Enter

or,

try this non-CSE formula :

=INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(1,INDEX(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A2"),D1),0),0))

Regards
Bosco
 
I think it is a typo, A10 should read as A2.

This formula return the Sheet name which have the MAX value.

=INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(TRUE,COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A2"),D1)>0,0))
Ctrl+Shift+Enter

or,

try this non-CSE formula :

=INDEX(D2:D5,MATCH(1,INDEX(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&D2:D5&"'!A2"),D1),0),0))

Regards
Bosco



i emailed you a follow up question but i figured it out!! i had 3 different cell numbers that the Max was pulling data from. I used a range of G1:G250 in my case to cover all the cells in that range. it worked!! awesome!
 
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