Countif looking at many sheets

[Jock]

How can I adapt the following to also look in the same range in sheet1!,
sheet2! and sheet3! as well as sheet 4! ?
=COUNTIF(sheet4!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")

 

[Teethless mama]

=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet"&{1,2,3,4}&"!Z$4:Z$4000"),"b"))

 

[Teethless mama]

Remove the $ sign in the data range

=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet"&{1,2,3,4}&"!Z4:Z4000"),"b"))

 

[Jock]

All I get is #REF!
All sheets have names - would that make it easier?

 

[Teethless mama]

put all your sheet names in the cell:
A1: test 1
A2: test 2
A3: test 3
A4: test 4

"Mysheets" is defined name range A1:A4 (no quotes)

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&MySheets&"'!Z4:Z4000"),"b"))

 

[Jock]

That's it, thank you.
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Jock

put all your sheet names in the cell:
A1: test 1
A2: test 2
A3: test 3
A4: test 4

"Mysheets" is defined name range A1:A4 (no quotes)

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&MySheets&"'!Z4:Z4000"),"b"))

 

[Teethless mama]

You're Welcome!

That's it, thank you.

 

[T. Valko]

look in the same range in sheet1!, sheet2!

and sheet3! as well as sheet 4!

If you only have a "few" sheets...

=COUNTIF(Sheet1!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")+COUNTIF(Sheet2!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")+COUNTIF(Sheet3!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")+COUNTIF(Sheet4!Z$4:Z$4000,"b")