Problem with Capturing a Table

Question

When I have a function that refers to a table outside of the sheet that I am working on, and I try to capture that table so I can use it over again on another sheet, it does not save any functions that reference the other table outside of the one that I am working on. Is there any way to save the functions in a table that refer to another table on a different sheet, so when I click on a new table from the drop down on the menu bar, that new table has all of the functions saved? Note: Formulas that are referencing it's own table are saved. Example: F2=E2*G2 is saved but the Function/Formula D2=LOOKUP(C2,Product List :: Table 1 :: B4:B134,Product List :: Table 1 :: C4:C134) is not saved when I try to capture that table.
Hopefully all of this makes sense to you!

Answer 1

KOENIG Yvan wrote:
(1) it's not INDIRECT() which uses the string, it's ADDRESS()
Straight from the description of the INDIRECT function: "The INDIRECT function returns the contents of a cell or range referenced by an address _specified as a string_".
The ADDRESS function: "The ADDRESS function constructs a cell address string from separate row, column, and table identifiers."
INDIRECT constructs a reference, which is what is needed by the OP. ADDRESS constructs a string, which would then need to be put into an INDIRECT function to construct the reference.
I'm not so sure I agree with your assessment of it being a bug/problem in the ADDRESS function (and/or in the INDIRECT function) that it does not adjust the sheet::table reference if you rename the table. In my opinion, the whole point of ADDRESS and INDIRECT are to specify an absolute and unchanging address/reference. As an example, if my reference is to "Current Month Table", I may want to rename that table at the end of the month and create a new "Current Month Table" and have the reference remain the same (i.e., point to my new "Current Month Table").
I note that, at least with INDIRECT, there does seem to be a bug. I have two tables. In Table 1 I have =INDIRECT("Table 2::B2"). I then change the name of Table 2 to Table A but the function in Table 1 still works, which it should not. Even if I make changes to other cells in Table 1 the formula still works. I add a third table and the function breaks, which it should have done before. I rename Table A back to Table 2 but the function remains broken. I have to copy/paste the formula back into the cell to get it working again.