Using avg formula across multiple sheets

how would i write a formula to pull the avg number of something in the same field across different sheets, or better yet how could i write an avg formula to pull the data from a report into a sheet instead?

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  • JamesB
    JamesB ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    @nick.wilson Unfortunately you cannot pull data from a report into a sheet. I agree this would be a valuable feature.

    The best way to do this is create a grid, in your first column put the name of each sheet so you know your reference, in the next column link each cell to get the data from each sheet then use a formula to average those numbers.

  • nick.wilson
    nick.wilson ✭✭✭

    the problem with that is that i am trying to grab the total number of task per user and if i do it the way you suggested

    1) I cannot link the cells to a filtered version of the source link

    2) it does not allow me to group everything under into just one cell


    Unless i am missing something i am not sure this would work in this scenario.


    please advise

  • Paul Newcome
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    You would need to pull in the number from each sheet and then wrap everything in an AVG function.


    For example, if you are using a COUNTIFS to pull in the total number of tasks, it would look something like this:

    =AVG(COUNTIFS({Sheet 1}, @cell = "Name"), COUNTIFS({Sheet 2}, @cell = "Name"))

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