Referencing Column Name from another table

Create a “Battery Types” table with the type of battery listed in the first column. Then create a “Toys” table where you have the name of toy and where the “Battery” column is a Lookup from the Battery Types table. This will let you sort and filter easily and keep things consistent.

Then back in the Battery Types table, create a “Total Needed” column and add the formula:

=Toys.Filter(Battery=thisRow).[How Many?].Sum()

Here’s a screenshot of a setup if that helps…

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