Vlookup with multiple workbooks

[Sally]

Is there a way to do a VLOOKUP when there are more than 2 workbooks in Excel
? and how?

When I try using this formula I get an error that says "#VALUE!".

=VLOOKUP("Net Income", EXAMPLE!A4:F9+'EXAMPLE1'!A1:FG,3,FALSE)

So basically I just want to find the corresponding amount in column 3 for
Net Income from the workbooks "Example" and "Example1". It doesn't work.

However, if I for example wanted to do the VLOOKUP on 1 workbook only it
works. What am I doing incorrectly or is it just not possible to do for more
than 1 workbook?

Thank you for your assistance.

 

[Luke M]

You can't do it. (Just as you can't have the VLOOKUP reference multiple
selections in the same sheet, you can't reference multiple workbooks).

But perhaps:
=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP("Net Income", EXAMPLE!A4:F9,3,FALSE)),VLOOKUP("Net
Income",'EXAMPLE1'!A1:FG,3,FALSE),VLOOKUP("Net Income",
EXAMPLE!A4:F9,3,FALSE))

will accomplish your goal.