VBA, File path dynamic date - excel

I have a file that is placed in a folder, but the date is unknown to me, is there anyway I can pick it up regardless of the date?
FilePath = "\\0_Received\Business_Level_Report_yyyymmdd.xlsx"
The file name will be for example Business_Level_Report_20200729
The date will be unknown but it is the only file with Business Level Report as its prefix.
Can anyone help with this?

Maybe try this solution here: VBA partial file name
You can likely modify this just a bit to get what you're looking for.
For example, in your case you might try this:
myPath = "\\0_Received\"
fname = Dir(myPath & "Business_Level_Report*")
For example, this code opens the workbook named Business_Level_Report_blah_blah_blah without having to specify blah_blah_blah:
Here's the code if you want to run it, too:
Private Sub whatever()
Dim fname As Variant
Dim myPath As String
myPath = "C:\Users\beckj\"
fname = Dir(myPath & "Business_Level_Report*")
If fname <> "" Then
Workbooks.Open (myPath & fname)
MsgBox "File is open."
Else
MsgBox "ERROR."
End If
End Sub

For taday:
FilePath = "\\0_Received\Business_Level_Report_" & Format(Date, "yyyymmdd") & ".xlsx"
for "07/29/2020"
Dim D as Date
D = cDate("07/29/2020")
FilePath = "\\0_Received\Business_Level_Report_" & Format(D, "yyyymmdd") & ".xlsx"
Or if you do not care about a specific date, you must iterate between the folder workbooks and choose the appropriate one in this way:
If fileName like "*Business_Level_Report########.xlsx" then
FilePath = fileName
End If

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VBA opening a file with partial name

I am trying to open a file which will be updated periodically. The current name is "GDE Portfolio Characteristics 12.31.2021" and the idea is to instruct the code to open it, no matter the date (i.e. the last 10 characters). I should only have one file in the folder with such a partial name.
The code I use is the following:
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Parametric GDE Portfolio Characteristics*.xlsx"
When running it, it seems it does not find the file. It works if I instead use the entire name of the file.
Newbie problem, but scratching my head in frustration!
Many thanks
There is no way to use a wildcard in the Open-statement. However, you can use the
Dir-command to get the real file name as it allows wildcards:
Dim fileName As String
fileName = Dir(ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Parametric GDE Portfolio Characteristics*.xlsx")
If fileName <> "" Then
Workbooks.Open Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & fileName
End If
Here is a more generic approach:
Sub OpenFiles()
Dim Files As Collection
Set Files = ListFiles(ThisWorkbook.Path, "Parametric GDE Portfolio Characteristics*.xlsx")
Dim Filename As Variant
For Each Filename In Files
Workbooks.Open Filename:=Filename
Next
End Sub
Function ListFiles(FolderName As String, SearchString As String) As Collection
Set ListFiles = New Collection
Dim Filename As String
Filename = Dir(FolderName & "\" & SearchString)
If Len(Filename) = 0 Then Exit Function
Do While Filename <> ""
ListFiles.Add Filename
Filename = Dir()
Loop
End Function

Open a Workbook with dynamic name

I am working in a project of VBA, and I need to open some Workbooks, but the name is kind of dynamic, but only the last name. Sometimes the name comes like "OnHand 066 May" and sometimes with "OnHand 006 Jun"
Dim Dir As String
Dir = ActiveWorkbook.Path
Do not use Dir as a variable name. It is a reserved function name.
Use a wildcard with the Dir function to find a file that matches.
The Dir function will not return a full path, so you have to append it again if you want to actually open the file.
Let's assume there is only one file in that folder that matches, as you did not specify that in your question.
Dim sFile As String
sFile = Dir(ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\OnHand*.xls*")
If sFile <> "" Then
' if you get an error on the next line, someone else may have it open already
Debug.Print "About to open: " & ActiveWorkBook.Path & "\" & sFile
WorkBooks.Open ActiveWorkBook.Path & "\" & sFile
Else
MsgBox "Cannot find a file like that"
End If

How to open an excel workbook with path and file name as changing parameters

I am new with VBA and I am struggling when trying to run a simple command.
I want to open a workbook (name = test.xlsx) which is saved in a specific path (C:\Users\u16086\Desktop\Folder) in my PC with a VBA code.
I defined two names in my first excel that are two parameters that I can modify if the path or the name of the file is different:
path: C:\Users\u16086\Desktop\Folder
file_name: test.xlsx
The code I wrote is:
Option Explicit
Sub openworksheet()
Dim path As String
Dim file_name As String
Workbooks.Open Filename:=path & file_name
End Sub
I ran the code, but it says there’s an error run-time error1004. How do I solve this problem?
You have defined two variables. You must allocate values to them and then build the path as shown below:
Sub openworksheet()
Dim path As String
Dim file_name As String
path = "C:\Users\u16086\Desktop\Folder"
file_name = "test.xlsx"
Workbooks.Open fileName:=path & "\" & file_name
End Sub
The path C:\Users\u16086\Desktop\Folder\test.xlsx can also be written as
"C:\Users\u16086\Desktop\Folder" & "\" & "test.xlsx"
so try
Workbooks.Open Filename:=path & "\" & file_name
Alternatively, you can check if the folder path ends with "\" or not. For example
Option Explicit
Sub openworksheet()
Dim path As String
Dim file_name As String
'~~> Change Sheet name and cell address accordingly
path = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value
file_name = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").Value
If Right(path, 1) <> "\" Then path = path & "\"
Workbooks.Open Filename:=path & file_name
End Sub

Excel Macro saving file to the wrong directory

I have looked at quite a lot of similar questions, but none of them seem to work for my specific issue.
I have a macro that saves my file with a new name if it encounters a file with the same name.
What keeps happening is that it saves the original file to the correct folder, but then when it encounters the file name the next time I save it, the instanced file gets saved to the same folder as the template rather than the folder that they should go to.
In the example below, my template file is saved in the "M:\Excel\" directory.
It saves the first "TEST" file into the "M:\Excel\SavedVersions\" directory since the file name doesn't exist yet.
Then when I run the macro again to have it automatically save an instanced version (ie - "TESTrev1"), it keeps saving the instanced versions to the "M:\Excel\" directory instead of saving it to the "SavedVersions" subfolder.
Not sure what needs to be changed or done differently to get the instanced versions to save to the correct folder.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance! :)
Sub TEST()
ActiveWorkbook.Save
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _
GetNextAvailableName("M:\Excel\SavedVersions\TEST.xlsm")
End Sub
Function GetNextAvailableName(ByVal strPath As String) As String
With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim strFolder As String, strBaseName As String, strExt As String, i As Long
strFolder = .GetParentFolderName("M:\Excel\SavedVersions\")
strBaseName = .GetBaseName("TEST")
strExt = .GetExtensionName(".xlsm")
Do While .FileExists(strPath)
i = i + 1
strPath = .BuildPath(strFolder, strBaseName & "rev" & i & "." & strExt)
Loop
End With
GetNextAvailableName = strPath
End Function
Your code was unnecessarily complex.
Try this simpler version.
Sub TEST()
ActiveWorkbook.Save
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs fileName:= _
GetNextAvailableName("M:\Excel\SavedVersions\TEST.xlsm")
End Sub
Function GetNextAvailableName(ByVal strPath As String) As String
Dim i as Interger: i = 0
Do Until Len(Dir(strPath)) = 0
i = i + 1
strPath = "M:\Excel\SavedVersions\TESTrev" & i & ".xlsm"
Loop
GetNextAvailableName = strPath
End Function
Keep your code simple. If your path is constant then might as well define a variable for it so that it can be used whenever and whereever you want. This way if there is any change in the path, you have to make the change at only one place.
While saving the file, also specify the FileFormat parameter to avoid problems. You might want to read more about it HERE
Is this what you are trying?
Option Explicit
Const sPath As String = "M:\Excel\SavedVersions\"
Sub Sample()
Dim flName As String
flName = sPath & GetNextAvailableName()
ActiveWorkbook.Save
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=flName, _
FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled
End Sub
Function GetNextAvailableName() As String
Dim i As Integer: i = 1
Dim newFile As String
newFile = "TestRev" & i & ".xlsm"
Do Until Dir(sPath & newFile) = ""
i = i + 1
newFile = "TestRev" & i & ".xlsm"
Loop
GetNextAvailableName = newFile
End Function

Open FileDialog using VBA

I download reports on a daily/weekly basis but when downloading the system auto generates the file name with a date at the end although the basic file name is the same. ie ANAPOS - 20141001. I'm using a simple open command (Workbooks.OpenText Filename:="C:\Users\903270\Documents\Excel\ANAPOS.txt") to do some other stuff but before doing so I need to rename the file to ANAPOS.txt before I can run it.
Is there any code that will allow my macro to search for ANAPOS with out all the other info at the end?
Any help appreciated.
Set filePath to where you want to search
Sub getANAPOS()
Dim Filter As String, filePath As String
filePath = "C:\Data\VBA\SO\"
Filter = "ANAPOS files (*.txt), filepath & ANAPOS*.txt"
ANAPOSSelectedFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(Filter)
End Sub
EDIT FOLLOWING CLARIFICATION BY OP
Sticking with the same theme, this should give you some scope to work with. It essentially 'automatically' renames the selected file in situ, unless it already exists. Acknowledgements to #Gary's Student for his neat ideas to parse the GetOpenFileName result, here.
Sub renameANAPOS()
Dim Filter As String, filePath As String, newName As String
'filter txt file names containing 'ANAPOS'
Filter = "ANAPOS files (*.txt), filepath & ANAPOS*.txt"
'the 'rename' name
newfName = "ANAPOS"
'navigate to original ANAPOS file and location details
ANAPOSSelectedFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(Filter)
'parse selected file details
fullArr = Split(ANAPOSSelectedFile, "\")
detArr = Split(fullArr(UBound(fullArr)), ".")
fullArr(UBound(fullArr)) = ""
fPath = Join(fullArr, "\")
fName = detArr(0)
fExt = detArr(1)
'rename file in not already exixts
If Len(Dir(fPath & newfName & "." & fExt)) > 0 Then
MsgBox newfName & "." & fExt & " already exists in this folder."
Exit Sub
Else
Name ANAPOSSelectedFile As fPath & newfName & "." & fExt
End If
End Sub

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