Hi, I have two tables:
Table1 has two columns, A and B, that will take data entry.
Table2 will have 3 columns, D will just pull whatever's in A, E and F will do a formula on B and report.

Easy enough...what I'd really like to do is make it so that whenever I add a new row to A and B, the subsequent row in DEF will auto-populate.

Perhaps there's a better way than using tables?

Do you have the Table2 on separate sheet, or on same sheet with Table1? I hope you are using Defined Tables - when formula is same for whole Defined Table column, it auto-populates whenever you add new rows.

When on same sheet, and you want to report all records of your data, then there is no reason to have 2 separate Tables. Simply add those calculated columns into same Table. In case you want to print out 1st column values and calculated columns, add a calculated column which duplicates column A too. Like
Column A;
Column B;
Column C = [@[Column A]];
Column D = Formula1;
Column E = Formula2

To get the printout from columns C:E only:
Define a dynamic Named Range, which includes those columns;
Set the Print Area for sheet equal to this Named Range.

In case you want to report some subset of records, then you need a separate Report sheet, where user can determine filter conditions, and a Report Table reads matched info from Data Entry sheet. Report Table must have enough records to return any data, and can have any number of empty rows at bottom. For printout, you define Named range which includes all non-empty records in Report Table (probably you need a calculated column there which registers records with any data), and you set Print Area for Report sheet equal to this Named Range.

Are you really still using Office 2010?

No - O365 enterprise. I didn't notice the header...updated.

In that case, the likes of:
=HSTACK(Table1[Hdr1],Table1[Hdr2]/2,Table1[Hdr2]^2)
at cell D2. The result is NOT a proper Excel Table, and it won't work if you try to make it a table.



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Column E is half, and column F is squared.

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Amazing tool, but our Enterprise version of O365 is still 2108 and it looks like hstack came out with v2203. Thanks, this may do it.

Same Sheet.
Yes, Defined tables.
Two separate tables: here's my reasoning - Table1 is for a barcode scanner data entry...using a defined table is nice because when you scan the data into column A and then into B, it goes to the next row-column A automatically without keyboard input. I can focus on scanning with an occasional glimpse back at the laptop to make sure nothing was missed.

I used to do this all with one table, as you suggested, by unlocking columns AB then protecting the sheet and unchecking Select Locked Cells to make data entry easier. This worked great for me but I want to share this template with my team.

In the end what I'd like is a way to scan data into the two columns without keyboard input, and be able to copy the massaged data into our database tool. I thought if I could set it up with two Tables I could avoid the need to protect and unprotect the sheet for the most user-friendliness.

While awaiting HSTACK, take the 3 components and put them in adjacent cells:
=Table1[Hdr1]
=Table1[Hdr2]/2
=Table1[Hdr2]^2

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I can't test it out currently, but maybe this will work:
Have calculated columns in your Table 1, but hide them. This ensures calculations are made when data are read in, but the Table will work like with 2 columns only;
Try to use FILTER() to get wanted report data displayed separately (I'm currently only aware there is such function in latest versions, but I have never used it. You have to test yourself, is it possible to get all 3 columns of data returned without applying any conditions).

Yes, with the likes of:
=INDEX(Table13,ROW(Table13)-ROW(Table13[#Headers]),{1,3,4})
See Sheet1 (2) of the attached.


If you want to include headers in the result:
=INDEX(Table13[#All],ROW(Table13[#All])-ROW(Table13[#Headers])+1,{1,3,4})

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I haven't Excel available currently to look at attached file.

Is this INDEX() formula entered into second Defined Table, or it behaves like those newest Excel features, where you enter the formula {like FILTER()} into single cell, and you get a range of values returned? When former, as I suspect, then the second Table will not expand automatically when new rows are added to first Table.

I think I found a probable solution with FILTER(). When the 1st Table has name e.g tData, with headers like Hdr1, Hdr2 for visible columns, and then for hidden columns headers like Hdr3 for column with formula
=tData[@Hdr1]
, Hdr4 and Gdr5 for columns for OP's calculations, and an additional column Hdr6 with formula
=1,
then formula
will probably work. And the returned range will expand automatically when Table tData expands.

No.

Yes.

Correct. All my suggestions require the results table NOT to be a proper Excel table.
Yes, it will probably work. The first argument of the FILTER function is the array you're going to filter, but in this case you're 'filtering in' all rows (not filtering at all), so really, you only need the first argument.
This should work:
=tData[Hdr3:Hdr5]
but in the OP's case the columns are not adjacent; he wants columns 1, 3 & 4

I would have expected
=INDEX(Table13,,{1,3,4})
or
=INDEX(Table13,0,{1,3,4})
to be enough but experimentation showed it wasn't (only one row returned).
It wants to see the likes of:
=INDEX(Table13,{1;2;3;4;5;6…},{1,3,4})
(not a real formula) hence the extra bits there in my last message (msg#10).

Thanks Folks, this seems to do the trick. Much appreciated!