Referring to a Cell in Another Sheet that Contains an Hyperlink
I am wanting to refer to a cell (or find a match in a range of cells) in Sheet 1. The cell in Sheet 1 contains a hyperlink.
What I get in Sheet 2, however, is just the text in the cell, not the text as a hyperlink.
Sheet 1 (contents of cell, text as hyperlink):
What I get in Sheet 2:(text but no hyperlink)
BUS 123 6Wk Online
One of the formulas I tested in Sheet 2:
=LEFT({Course Master Record Range 1}, LEN({Course Master Record Range 1}))
I get the text, but the hyperlink doesn't "come with it".
It doesn't seem to matter what formula I use, they are reference the same cell (or range), and all I get is the text, not the hyperlinks.
Thanks!
Comments
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Hello—
There isn't a way to preserve the hyperlink when referencing cells that contain a hyperlink with display text.
You'd need to have the hyperlink without the display text in a cell. Here's a potential workaround for this:
- Create a new column
- Copy and paste all of your hyperlinked cells to the new column
- Right-click the cells in the new column and select Hyperlink, then delete the text (you'll have to do this to each individual cell
- Use a VLOOKUP function to return the hyperlink when the display text is found on that cell (more on VLOOKUP here)
This will require that you have a "hyperlink" column in each of your sheets.
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Shaine,
Can you shed some light if instead of an external hyperlink i am pointing to a Smartsheet item?
Would i need to get the actual URL of the Smartsheet item and then do the workaround?
Thanks,
Erik
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Shaine - I have a similar issue but not with display text. I have the full URL in my cells, but any time I try to reference that cell (whether VLOOKUP, or =[cell] etc.. ) only a portion of the URL is hyperlinked, so in the referenced cell, the hyperlink does not work (since it is not the full url that the browser is trying to find).
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Hi @Audrey512
Can you post a screen capture of what you're seeing (but block out sensitive data)?
As long as the full URL is displayed in the original cell and is clickable in that cell, a formula or cell-link referencing that cell should pull the full URL over as well.
Cheers,
Genevieve
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