Hyperlinking to sheets without using a script [duplicate] - google-sheets

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Is there a custom function or script that returns gid of a specific sheet in Google Sheets?
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Important: I asked this question before and it was merged into another question where the solution is using a script. Such a solution, with a script, is not helpful to me, so please only offer a solution with formulas, thanks.
I have a main sheet with a list of the names of the other sheets in the workbook. I want to create a glossary in the main sheet linking to cell A1 in each of the other sheets (a simple Hyperlink).
In Col A - list of sheet names (e.g. Jan, Feb)
In Col B - I want the hyperlinks (e.g. a link to Jan!A1, a link to Feb!A1)
What I can do, is use INDIRECT and CONCATENATE to bring the respective value of the cells (I've added it in Col C in the example below), but I can't find how to create the links.
Here's an example:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C1LghRPcutYBwgZZaitJQ1PVrgggr5XdvG6V7L32eE0/edit#gid=0

Answer 1

and here we go again... this is your previous question: stackoverflow.com/questions/70054228 (for reference)
what you don't need is:
INDIRECT formula
CONCATENATE formula
because these are not capable of solving your issue
to solve your question:
Hyperlinking to sheets without using a script
you need two things:
HYPERLINK formula
#gid= number
GID number can be acquired from the URL of every sheet tab. for creating a list of all GID numbers you need a script. since the script is not an option for you (as for your request), your only option is to create a list of GIDs manually - eg. going into each tab of your spreadsheet and extracting GID numbers from the URL
note: each spreadsheet has unique GID numbers for each of the sheets. only first sheet on every spreadsheet has GID value set to 0 - #gid=0
after you will have all the necessary GIDs (let's say in a column) you can go for the next step and use HYPERLINK formula:
instead of the URL as the first argument, we use GID to create jump links:
=HYPERLINK("#gid=1220119768"; "Sheet 2")
of course, this is the same as using full URL:
=HYPERLINK("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yaRwbLGmDeynYktvxmLJcCBZrAvqgJA-_nYTlVf92Tc/edit#gid=1062970060"; "Sheet 2")
the only difference is in formula length
for multiple hyperlinks we can use arrayformula:
=ARRAYFORMULA(HYPERLINK("#gid="&A2:A5; B2:B5))
where:
A B
1
2 1062970060 Sheet 2
3 2118975038 Sheet 3
4 273293449 Feb
5 1564587416 some other label
6
if you want your hyperlinks to lead for example to F8 you can add &range=F8 so:
=ARRAYFORMULA(HYPERLINK("#gid=" & A2:A5 & "&range=F8"; B2:B5))
also, if it wasn't clear... labels are not mandatory. you can skip them and have just:
=HYPERLINK("#gid=1220119768")
and also keep in mind that the 2nd argument of HYPERLINK can take even formula:
=HYPERLINK("#gid=1220119768"; INDIRECT(A2&"!A1"))
and to save your time... INDIRECT is not supported under ARRAYFORMULA. the only workaround for that would be to place multiple INDIRECTs into array {}:
=ARRAYFORMULA(HYPERLINK("#gid="&
{"1220119768"; "2118975038"; "273293449"; "1564587416"};
{INDIRECT(A2&"!A1"); INDIRECT(A3&"!A1"); INDIRECT(A4&"!A1"); INDIRECT(A5&"!A1")}))