I am attempting to dynamically sum the same cell across multiple sheets based on the text content of another cell. In one cell, the file will always say "Data through [month name] [year]". I have a formula that extracts the month, but I can't figure out how to nest it into my other formula, which also works when it is static.
Here is my formula to extract the month name:
=MID(A2,14,LEN(A2)-18)
Here is my formula to statically sum across sheets, which are named with month names:
=SUM(January:December!J5)
Here is the faulty formula that I am working with:
=SUM("January:" & (MID(A2,14,LEN(A2)-18)) & "!J5")
I have also tried:
=SUM(INDIRECT("January:" & MID(A2,14,LEN(A2)-18) & "!J5"))
Does anyone have any tips for me?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
After editing, I now have a formula which will give me the sum of the first and last month, but not those in between.
=SUM(INDIRECT("January! J5"),INDIRECT(MID(A2,14,LEN(A2)-18)&"!J5"))
In short, I need to replace that comma with the equivalent of a colon, though neither :
nor ":"
works.