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Excel SUMIFS sum_range with variable parameter

So I have an excel spreadsheet indicator and I am trying to make a SUMIFS statement that will change which column I am selecting from. So I will have the column name on the left and I want to use that as a varying parameter. See the below tables.

TABLE1
        week1  week2 week3
column1  x       x     x 
column2  x       x     x 
column3  x       x     x

TABLE2
Week column1  column2 column3
  1     x        x       x
  1     x        x       x
  1     x        x       x
  2     x        x       x
  2     x        x       x
  2     x        x       x

So in the above tables TABLE2 holds all the data and TABLE1 is basically a sum of the data by week. So I want the SUMIFS to read something like SUMIFS(TABLE2[????], TABLE2[Week], $B$2) But I can't figure out how to get the sum_range part of the SUMIFS to let me pass parameters in. Any tips or ideas on how to do this?

Solution 
  • =INDIRECT("TABLE2[" & A3 & "]")

    will resolve to TABLE2[column1] (assuming A3 holds the text "column1")

    so the indirect function could be put in as your sum_range (tested in excel 2007)