Need a vlookup / index excel formula

I not sure I am getting your question

So the Max value for cell B1 across sheets 1 to 17 or will there multiple instances of the name in column A which need to be accounted for

The following example covers 5 sheets and just needs to be expanded if it is just the MAX of column B across the sheets

=MAX(Sheet1!B1,Sheet2!B1,Sheet3!B1,Sheet4!B1,Sheet5!B1)

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If I have missed the point could you please post an example workbook with some dummy data

Thanks for your reply.

The name in Column A could appear multiple times or not at all across the worksheets.

It needs to lookup the name from the master list of names located in Column A on the results worksheet.

I hope that helps.

Thanks
David

Worksheet 1

Column A       Column B
john                 113
Paul                 121
Sarah               225
Shaun             126
Greg                99
Mary                897

Worksheet 2

Column A       Column B
Greg                 222
Michael            121
Sarah               565
Shaun             836
john                 199
Mary                347



Results Worksheet

Column A      Column B
John              (Result)
Michael      (Result)
Sarah           (Result)
Greg            (Result)
Shaun          (Result)
Mary            (Result)
Paul             (Result)

As you can see in Worksheet 1 there is no user Michael and Worksheet 2 there is no user Paul.

What I need is to search for Name based on the list in the Results Worksheet, and then return the Max Value in Column B to the results worksheet.

Does that clarify?

Thanks
David

Here is a VBA script that performs this for you. It assumes sheets named Sheet1 to Sheet17 for the data and one named Results. This can be tweaked as required

Sub results()
    Dim resultsSht As Worksheet, currSht As Worksheet
    Dim resultsLastRow As Long, currShtLastRow As Long, shtNum As Long, currMax As Long, i As Long
    Dim loc As Range, firstLoc As Range
    
    Set resultsSht = Worksheets("Results")
    resultsLastRow = resultsSht.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    
    
    For i = 1 To resultsLastRow
        currMax = 0
        For shtNum = 1 To 17
            Set currSht = Worksheets("Sheet" & shtNum)
            currShtLastRow = currSht.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
            With currSht.UsedRange
                Set loc = .Cells.Find(What:=resultsSht.Range("A" & i).Value)
                If Not loc Is Nothing Then
                    Set firstLoc = loc
                    Do
                        currMax = loc.Offset(0, 1).Value
                        Set loc = .FindNext(loc)
                    Loop While Not loc Is Nothing And loc <> firstLoc
                End If
            End With
            Set loc = Nothing
        Next
        resultsSht.Range("B" & i).Value = currMax
    Next
    
End Sub

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The attached working example only has two sheets and so the script has been edited to allow for this
Book1.xlsm

Thanks for the replies.

itjockey, You're on the right track, however the Name won't be in the same cell on each worksheet. It needs to lookup the name first in Column A. and you can't sort the column alphabetically as there will be more names on some sheets than others.

Thanks
David

You just add names in any order .....it will return to max value of that name in sheets between Start to Finish.

Why you want to sort or lookup names ...it is excel formula which search for particular name on each sheets in column A between Start - Finish sheets and returns to max value of that particular name across the sheet.Beauty of this set up is you add sheet between Start - Finish and you will see change in main sheet.

Thanks

Great solution, worked perfectly