I have defined a large number of named cells on one worksheet of a workbook. Each name may be used multiple times (or never) on that worksheet or others in the workbook. Is there a way to get a list of the where else in the workbook the names are used?
For example, lets say I define the name Fred for a cell on Sheet1. There is an equation on sheet2, cell B6 that is =Fred*6. How do I get a function to return Sheet2!B6 and any other places that Fred is used?
I hope this is clear enough. :)
The free version of JKP and my Name Manager Addin can show you where a particular name is used. You can download this addin from http://www.decisionmodels.com/downloads.htm
When I wrote the FastExcel extended version of Name Manager I added a Name Map facility that shows you a count of where the names are used (or not) by Worksheet and Other Names. This is done by parsing out the Names from all the formulas on all the worksheets and the formulas in the Names Refers-tos (recursively), using a special-purpose parser and evaluating cases like the use of INDIRECT.
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Been in a pickle for a while (week or so) here and was hoping someone in this magical community could help me out. There is likely a very easy solution for an experienced individual, which I am not.
First, my goal is as follows: Push data from Workbook A to Workbook B via macro.
Conditions:
Workbook A must be able to be renamed without compromising the macro (it is a tool used in day-to-day functions and saved as a new name each use). Workbook A holds the macros.
Workbook B receives the data. Its name will also change with time, but in this case it needs to be based off written text in a cell from Workbook A (name change about yearly due to versioning) Let's just call it Cell A1 for argument's sake.
There may be additional workbooks open at the same time, related or unrelated.
To keep it simple, I will just post one line in my current macro, but I will be applying this to dozens. This works when I do not rename the files. I likely need help defining variables (strings?) and direction in what functions to use.
Windows("Workbook_B 4.7.5.xls").Activate
'*Workbook B name will ideally be derived from a cell value in Workbook A*
Range("V12") = "='[Workbook_A V1.2.5 .xlsm]SHEET_A '!R8C7"
In this chunk, the goal is to activate Workbook B and copy the value (or formula if it is easier), from cell G8 on Workbook A Sheet A to Workbook B(sheet is already active and sheet names will never change in either workbook).
Cheers!
"Workbook A holds the macros" - in this case you would use
ThisWorkbook
to refer to Workbook A
...and
Workbooks(ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value)
to refer to Workbook B
I'm working on a macro which named "MasterTool". All of macro code will be in this "MasterTool". This tool's main role is taking value of certain string name from excel sheet (input sheet) and write this values another excel sheet (output sheet) for same string name.
Additionally there's 2 different term I would like to describe you from now to understand easily.
Input Sheet
Excel file which stores some specific informations (E.g. Vehicle Height : 3m ) ( One of the cell has my string value: Vehicle Height and adjacent next cell has it's value 3m )
Output Sheet
This is also an excel sheet like report page which contains also specification information which comes from Input Sheet.
I wonder is it common usage data mapping methods in Excel VBA ?
My first attempt is:
Naming cells in Input Sheet like that: strCellVehicleHeight and I'm writing string name: Vehicle Height, also naming cell of this feature's value strCellVehicleHeightValue and I'm writing 3.
On output sheet I named cells same and then mapping via cell names. It's a bit hard way to use I think.
Isn't there more possible ways or other formats like XML JSON etc. I would be glad if you help me about this situation.
a valueI've inherited a large VBA project and whilst I have lots of dev expereince I have a small amount of VBA. The code reads data off a sheet in the form:
Intersect(Range("colName"), .Rows(intCurrentRow)).Value
Where colName is a named range, or so I thought. I have searched all of the project code and the excel sheets and cannot find where colName is defined ?
So far I have searched the code, looked in Name Manager on the sheet and have googled furiously but hit a total blank. As I now need to read in another value from the Sheet I would really prefer to use the code that is currently used with another value instead of colName to reference my new data field.
Is there anything obvious I'm missing ?
Edits:
activesheet.range("colName").address gives a value of "$L:$l"
Its probably a hidden name.As Doug Glancy said, you can unhide it using VBA
Activeworkbook.Names("colName").Visible=True
If you are working with defined names you may find it useful to get My & Jan Karel Pieterse's Name Manager addin which (amongst many other things) handles hidden names. download from
http://www.decisionmodels.com/downloads.htm
It could be a hidden Name. Try:
ActiveWorkbook.Names("colName").Visible=True
An excel question for you gurus. I've tried searching high and low and haven't come up with an effective solution.
I'm trying to create a formula that will lookup a value in an external sheet. I'm using the SUMPRODUCT formula and it works perfectly. Formula is below:
=SUMPRODUCT(--('File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName!$D$1:$D$1000=$B3), --('File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName'!$O$1:$O$1000=$A3), 'File\Path\[file.xlsx]SheetName'!$Q$1:$Q$1000)
The issue I'm running into, however, is that the source file is updated every day. Although the workbook name stays the same, the sheet name changes. A random string gets assigned to the source sheet name each time it is updated. As such SheetName becomes SheetName ase341.
Is there a way to have the formula read the external sheet number instead of the name? I want the formula to update regardless of the sheet name. If there's no way to read the sheet position is there a way to change the sheet name via a formula in an external workbook?
Usage Example
I have a workbook (analysis) and it pulls data from another workbook (source). Source is updated every day with new data. The data in Source is updated by downloading a report from the internet and saving over the old source file. As such, the file name stays the same but whatever is inside the file is always different (including the sheet name). There is always only ever one sheet in the Source with the same number of columns, always in the same position.
There is a really neat way to refer to a block of cells in an external workbook in which the sheetname or even the block address may vary. Say we have:
=SUM('C:\Users\James\Desktop\[Book1.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B$2:$B$9)
however the sheetname may vary. First assign a Defined Name to the block in Book1 (say XXX)
Then we can use:
=SUM('C:\Users\James\Desktop\Book1.xlsx'!XXX)
It does not matter if the sheetname changes, the Defined Name will change with it!
Your issue would be most efficiently solved with VBA, but if you're just getting started this might not be the best route.
You can get the sheetname or filename with just a formula, though:
http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/return-sheet-name.htm
I wish to create a dynamic Print_Area in Excel 2010 which will consist of two cell ranges.
For example the first cell range is A1:J50 and the second range is A100:J150. These should print out on two pages, ignoring the cells that come in between these two ranges.
The four cells shown in the above example ranges should be dynamic, and not hard coded as simple Print_Area ranges. Therefore in my worksheet I used cells AA1, AB1, AC1 and AD1 to store values "A1", "J50", "A100" and "J150" respectively.
(The cells AA1, AB1, AC1 and AD1 actually use formulas to determine what cell address will be used, but for this question lets just assume the values are set as above).
I then used the Name Manager and entered the following formula under Print_Area:
=INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AB$1);INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AC$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AD$1)
The result of this formula is exactly what I need, and it actually works the first time I print the ranges. However once I did that, Excel automatically substitutes the formula with the actual cell range that was calculated. So when I check the Print_Area in the Name Manager after printing once, it contains something like:
=Sheet1!$A$1:$J$50,Sheet1!$A$100:$J$150
Is there a way to prevent the Print_Area from converting my formula to calculated values, and instead using the formula every time I print? I would like to not use macros if at all possible (if not, I'll try macros too)
I tested this and it seemed to work.
Create a new name called Test and set its value to (Note that I used a comma rather than the semicolon you had. I have US language set)
=INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$2),INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$3):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$4)
Set your Print_Area name to
=TEST
Good luck!
EDIT
The above works for me, but it appears unnecessary. I just tried to replicate the problem, and was unable. When I have the Print_Area set to the formula with INDIRECT it does not replace after printing.
See this linked file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pgm0iv19u6igdm5/Book1.xlsx