I am trying to create a hyperlink from one worksheet to another. The worksheet is large and there are many hyperlinks to places all over the other worksheet so I am trying to do this with a formula that I can copy/paste.
Here's what I have:
=HYPERLINK(CELL("address",INDEX('Test Results'!A:A,MATCH("TestCase-001",'Test Results'!A:A,0))),"TestCase-001")
The URI that it evaluates to is: '[Test Results 1.xls]Test Results'!$A$17, and A17 on the Test Results worksheet is indeed the correct cell to link to. The problem is when I click the hyperlink so I can just to test case details, I get an error saying "Cannot open the specified file", and I'm not sure why since the URI looks correct. Any ideas out there to help me fix this?
Using Excel 2003.
The CELL("address",... function returns in the format '[workbook]worksheet'!cell (as you say)
However, HYPERLINK expects [workbook]'worksheet'!cell (note the position of the ' marks) where worksheet name includes spaces.
Simplest answer would be to remove the spaces from the sheet names...
The CELL("address",... function returns in the format '[workbook]worksheet'!cell (as you say)
However, HYPERLINK expects [workbook]'worksheet'!cell (note the position of the ' marks) where worksheet name includes spaces.
Simplest answer would be to remove the spaces from the sheet names...
Figuring out why those two functions wouldn't work together was some great detective work!
Armed with that knowledge, I actually found a way to force the formatting from the response of the CELL function into the format that the HYPERLINK function expects/requires:
=HYPERLINK("[Workbook.xlsx]'Worksheet'!"&CELL("address", A10), "LinkLabel")
Without the full quotes, my version of office (2010) kept truncating the Workbook and Worksheet names because they were referring to the same sheet the code itself was being written in.
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I want to find an excel or Power query M (not vba) formula to extract the filename of the workbook where this formula is executed.
Internet seems to know only one :
=MID(CELL("filename"),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename"))+1, SEARCH("]",CELL("filename"))-SEARCH("[",CELL("filename"))-1)
unfortunately this formula provides only the name of the workbook currently in use,
so, if I use a second workbook before executing my function in my first workbook, the name given by this formula will be the name of my second file, which causes terrible mistakes.
Is there a more practical way of doing this ?
If you specify the second (reference) parameter of CELL, then the formula will be "locked" to the sheet/file in question:
=MID(CELL("filename",A1),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename",A1))+1, SEARCH("]",CELL("filename",A1))-SEARCH("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1)
This is discussed in the CELL docs as well as by Chip Pearson here.
first my apologies for being a noob with regard to Excel Formulas - I did search and did not find an answer.
I have a spreadsheet that I am trying to modify. I got two spreadsheets from a client, who gave me a working copy and one that he had modified. There is a #REF error in the modified version. If I look at the working copy the formula looks like this.
=VLOOKUP($C$1,'Client Rates'!$A$2:J$228,5,FALSE)
As you can see it has quote marks in the table_array parameter because it does have a space in it. However I cannot enter it this way as it throws an error every time I try. Error is something like this - 'There is a problem with this formula. Not trying to type a formula? ... '
How can I enter the work sheet as a parameter with spaces in the name into the formula?
Did you try F2 to edit formula directly. Then highlight section of formula you wish to change then select the actual data you want evaluated by the formula?
Excel will create the correct string for the sheet and area reference for you.
The problem is you are trying to copy and paste directly from on workbook to another. Copying ctrl-c and pasting ctrl-v from one workbook to another may not have the desired effect. If you copy first to notepad or some other text editor and then paste from that text editor all works fine.
I have a Master workbook in MS Excel that references data in 4 other workbooks.
When it opens I get the following message:
We can't update some of the links in your workbook right now.
You can continue without updating their values, or edit the links you think are wrong.
[Continue] [Edit Links...]
Each referenced workbook contains a N row, 365 column rectangular range that I have named 'DataRange'
My master workbook contains 4 lots of N row, 365 column ranges with Array Formula linked to these named ranges:
{='C:\Path\[Workbook1Name.xlsx]Sheet'![DataRange]}
It feels like i've come across an Excel bug.. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Are you using MS Excel 2013, when you receive this error?
If so, it maybe due to the "3D reference in your named DataRange" in Excel 2013 or because you're referencing a range or cell in a closed workbook.
Excel allows the defining of names that refer to specific cells or ranges of cells in that workbook, similarly (using the Define Name tool in the Formulas tab) you can assign a formula to a name and then use that name in place of the formula.
The named formula or named data range is part of a collection in that workbook's (workbook1) objects and can be used in different workbook (workbook2), but the link to the defined name in the other workbook must be done one of two ways.
Link the defined name with a formula like this
='C:\Folder\Path\Workbook1.xls'!NamedFormula or NamedDataRange
Or Create a defined name in workbook2 (it can have the same defined name as workbook1's or a new name) and then refer workbook2's defined name to workbook1's defined name. Select Define Name on the Formula tab and copy a link like this in the Refers To Field:
='C:\Folder\Path\Workbook1.xls'!NamedFormula or NamedDataRange
Note these links will only work when being used in simple formulas which treat the link as a direct links. It will not work with more complex formulas when the original workbook (workbook1) is closed because the link is often treated as an indirect link in complicated formulas.
To work around this issue, use either of the following methods:
Save workbook1 and workbook2 as .xlsb files.
Do not add an external reference link to a defined name that refers to a 3D reference or named range.
Or open both workbooks
For more detail information, please refer to the following link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2755120
If you're still receiving an error/ warning message after trying all my above suggestion. You might want to some troubleshooting.
Try this:
- Open Excel. Under Tools->Options->Calculation, select the Update remote
references box.
Open your workbook. Make sure the box the remote reference box is checked. Save your workbook this way after updating the link. Close workbook and Excel.Restart Excel and open your workbook.
- Look under defined names and delete all that you don't need or that have broken formulae. Run a FindLink search, to pin point the problem.
This process worked for one of workmates with this exact problem.
I hope this helps, if not let me know. There might be a 4th solution.
I finally solved this issue after going on a scavenger hunt. In my case, the reference was to an old file that no longer exists, and removing the reference was all that was needed. Unfortunately Excel does not pinpoint where the reference is, so it was a pain to look for the cell that was making the reference.
In my workbook, it was a reference as a part of a Data Validation. For others seeing the same error, I recommend using the Find & Select -> Go To Special feature (Home ribbon tab) then searching by Formula errors and and Data validation.
Open Excel
Go to "Inquire" tab page in the ribbon
Select "Workbook Analysis"
Check Items\Cells\With Validation Criteria items. In the "Validation Text" you might spot references to the extenal source.
The "Cell Address" column would give you the list of problematic cells.
Look around any other supsicious findings of the Workbook Analysis tool
Have you considered giving the data ranges different names? DataRange1, DataRange2 etc, or is this not possible due to other constraints. When excel says "some" of the links, how far has it got?
I got it working by ditching the FormulaArray and set the FormulaR1C1 for the entire range. Unfortunately the formula was a bit more complicated.
=INDEX(
'C:\Path\Workbook1Name.xlsx'!DataRange,
ROW() - ROW(Workbook1DataRange) + ROW('C:\Path\Workbook1Name.xlsx'!DataRange) - 5,
COLUMN() - COLUMN('C:\Path\Workbook1Name.xlsx'!DataRange) + 1)
I want to make a reference to another workbook , let's say its name is "My workbook.xlsm" with the INDIRECT Function in Excel.
However "my workbook" file name could have any other string/characters before it or after it.
let's say I'm Trying to lookup "Lookup Value"
=VLOOKUP(""&"Lookup Value"&"",INDIRECT("'["&""&"my workbook"&""&".xlsm"&"]"&"("&A7&")"&"'!$A:$H"),8,FALSE)
I've tried the above formula and when i remove the wildcards before and after "my workbook" reference and write the name of the workbook exactly as it is , the formula works fine, but when i place the wildcards the formula gives a REF Error.
I'm definitely doing something wrong.
can anyone help please?
thanks in advance.
A workbook referenced with INDIRECT() must be open for the reference to work. Therefore, this approach is a non-starter from the go, unless you happen to have all files that might potentially meet the wildcard criteria open at the same time with your first workbook.
You may want to have a look at the free add-in called MOREFUNC.XLL, which has a function INDIRECT.EXT() that works with closed workbooks.
Edit: there are no wildcards in your formula above. A wildcard can be a ? for a single character or a * for any number of characters. The wildcard usage for INDIRECT with sheet names is explained in the video in your comment. For your example the formula would look like
=VLOOKUP(A2,INDIRECT("'[*my workbook*.xlsx]Sheet1'!$A:$H"),8,0)
There is no need to split up a string into a series of concatenated strings, but if you do, it does not make a difference.
You will find that this formula will always return an error, though. Indirect cannot parse wildcards in file names. It works fine with sheet names.
As I said in my comment: Since the file with the lookup table needs to be open anyway, so INDIRECT() can work in the first place, you can use a regular Vlookup with a direct reference to "my workbook". If you rename that file, the Vlookup formula will reflect the change immediately.
I have two workbooks:
WorkbookToUpdate.xls
Workbook_for_20130901.xls
In the first workbook I have the following:
A1 ='[Workbook_for_20130901]Sheet1'!$C5
Now a month goes by and I want to update the first work to reference Workbook_for_20131001.xls without going cell by cell and changing the name of the workbook. My thought was to make the date portion of the workbook name a variable and simply change that variable, but that doesn't seem to be working.
EDIT: I don't want to use Excel's INDIRECT function because I don't want to open the reference workbook.
I found one solution to be Harlan Grove’s PULL function (code can be found here), which works similarly to the INDIRECT function except that it doesn't require the source workbook to be open. The other solution, which actually works out to be faster than the Pull function (its only downfall) is the one I was using originally - Good ol' "find & replace". I thought that that was slow, but after trying the Pull function, it's not too bad.
Another option is by changing the source through excel's Data links, but this doesn't allow you to choose which cells keep the old source and which cells use the new one (in my case, I need the old values as well).