Can I link to a table in another Numbers file?

I have searched through the documentation and on support and cannot find a way that I can reference a cell belonging to another Numbers file. I essentially want to use one Numbers file to store a very large amount of data and have separate smaller files access that data. So far I have only been able to link to cells on a different sheet in the SAME Numbers document.
iWork Pages allows me to link to a Numbers docuement table so I was hoping to find a similar capability within Numbers itself.
Karen

That feature is unavailable. A search of this forum on the word "link" will provide numerous questions on the same subject. It is obviously a highly desired feature.

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My file covers the whole year and have many more columns but let's make a short example:
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IN
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Although I would have preferred to have a script beacuse the data origin file - let's call it STORAGE - is already quite heavy and I would like to use the filtered data on a separate file - let's call it MANAGEMENT - for further analysis and integration with other data coming from other STORAGE files and from other company areas.
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Below is a script that should do what you want. (Tested in Numbers 3.2). Copy into AppleScript Editor, set up the Numbers documents as indicated (or change the script to match your document setup), and click the green triangle 'Run' button.
It assumes you have both the source document ("Storage.numbers") and target document ("Management.numbers") open and that you have already set up the target table with 1 header row. You can change your filter columns and values and filter logic where indicated.
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property filter2 : {colNum:5, filterFor:{"Barcelona", "Venice"}}
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property target : {d:"Management.numbers", s:"Sheet 1", t:"Table 1"}
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Very confusing for a newbye like me ..
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