Reference specific account balance?

So I’m trying to do something that I thought would be simple, but hasn’t turned out to be. I have a custom sheet I’m using to track credit card bills, and I want it to import my checking account balance into a cell so that it’s quickly apparent if I have enough in that account to pay off upcoming bills. However, if I just link it directly (=Balances!D12) it only works until I fill the template again because those accounts tend to reorder themselves. Is there any way to bring that in easily?

You may be able to just use a VLOOKUP, something like:

=VLOOKUP("Your Checking Account Name",Balances!$B$10:$D,3,FALSE)

This way it should stay updated regardless of how it gets reordered.

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Another option is to get it from the Accounts sheet hidden helper columns, off to the right of the table, where the order doesn’t change.

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That did the trick. Thank you!

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That also works. Thanks! I never noticed those before.

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