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Is there a way i can reference data from another Google Spreadsheet in Google Docs/Drive?

e.g., spreadsheet-A, sheet 1, column A is a dynamic reference of spreadsheet-B, sheet 1, column E

I'm not talking about copying and pasting the data, but referencing its values, in the same way that you could if you were using =E:E if they were in the same spreadsheet.

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You can import data from another spreadsheet using the importrange() function:

=importrange(spreadsheet-key, range)

spreadsheet-key is part of the url of the spreadsheet that contains the data you want to import. It looks like "0AsaQpHJE_LShdFhSRWZBWWMxem1pZGxhWG1XZzlic0E". range defines the cells you want to import.

In your example, you would look for the spreadsheet-key in the URL of spreadsheet B, and then in spreadsheet A, cell A1, you would put:

=importrange("key-of-spreadsheet-b", "E:E")

Don't forget to surround the key and range with quotation marks.

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    Thanks, ive implemented a test here - SPREADSHEET1 & SPREADSHEET2 But if you make a change in sheet2 it dosnt seem to update in sheet1 any ideas why that might be ?
    – sam
    Apr 15, 2013 at 16:07
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    the delimiter is ; not , as in =importrange("key"; "Cell:Cell")
    – Rufinus
    May 31, 2014 at 9:26
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    @Rufinus That depends on your locale.
    – William Jackson
    May 31, 2014 at 12:47
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    Just because it took me a minute to figure out, if there are multiple sheets in the target you reference them like this '=importrange("spreadsheet-key", "Sheet-name! range")'
    – tom stratton
    Oct 14, 2014 at 23:41
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    @sam while a late reply, this should be for others that just see this answer. It could be related to File > Spreadsheet settings... > Calculations > Recalculation
    – Christopher Rucinski
    Feb 16, 2017 at 9:16

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