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prevent the over-write
I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the
worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? |
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flex-drop wrote:
I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? That is more a function of the OS environment you are using, whether it is MS or Novell. Your administrator can set the permissions on the file or folder based on groups. One group can delete, edit, update or replace. Another gorup can only view. Talk to your Admin. -- |
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Chris thanks for the input.
I failed to you use the phrase idiot proof. Meaning, the file is being over-written by someone with permission to write to the file. So although the network administrators, in our case Novell, could apply some type of properties to this file, theyre not going to do it for one file. I could assign special properties to individuals but I will still have the unknown idiot working on the workbook (they are probably not aware of what theyre doing.) This forum has many references to various permissions and security options for worksheets and cells. I have attempted to setup a combination of these Excel properties but I havent been able to crack the code, I always end up with too much locked. Im hoping someone can share a common experience that has a solution. I dont have a lot of experience at this level and I mistakenly thought it would be easy. "Chris Premo" wrote: flex-drop wrote: I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? That is more a function of the OS environment you are using, whether it is MS or Novell. Your administrator can set the permissions on the file or folder based on groups. One group can delete, edit, update or replace. Another gorup can only view. Talk to your Admin. -- |
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flex-drop wrote:
Chris thanks for the input. I failed to you use the phrase idiot proof. Meaning, the file is being over-written by someone with permission to write to the file. So although the network administrators, in our case Novell, could apply some type of properties to this file, theyre not going to do it for one file. I could assign special properties to individuals but I will still have the unknown idiot working on the workbook (they are probably not aware of what theyre doing.) This forum has many references to various permissions and security options for worksheets and cells. I have attempted to setup a combination of these Excel properties but I havent been able to crack the code, I always end up with too much locked. Im hoping someone can share a common experience that has a solution. I dont have a lot of experience at this level and I mistakenly thought it would be easy. "Chris Premo" wrote: flex-drop wrote: I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? That is more a function of the OS environment you are using, whether it is MS or Novell. Your administrator can set the permissions on the file or folder based on groups. One group can delete, edit, update or replace. Another gorup can only view. Talk to your Admin. -- The only other option I can think of is to create a different workbook for each individual that you need data from and then link to those workbooks from the master. That way the master is pulling the data and those individuals that need to update various parts are only affecting their workbooks. Would that work??? -- |
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flex-drop wrote:
Chris thanks for the input. I failed to you use the phrase idiot proof. Meaning, the file is being over-written by someone with permission to write to the file. So although the network administrators, in our case Novell, could apply some type of properties to this file, theyre not going to do it for one file. I could assign special properties to individuals but I will still have the unknown idiot working on the workbook (they are probably not aware of what theyre doing.) This forum has many references to various permissions and security options for worksheets and cells. I have attempted to setup a combination of these Excel properties but I havent been able to crack the code, I always end up with too much locked. Im hoping someone can share a common experience that has a solution. I dont have a lot of experience at this level and I mistakenly thought it would be easy. "Chris Premo" wrote: flex-drop wrote: I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? That is more a function of the OS environment you are using, whether it is MS or Novell. Your administrator can set the permissions on the file or folder based on groups. One group can delete, edit, update or replace. Another gorup can only view. Talk to your Admin. -- The only other option I can think of is to create a different workbook for each individual that you need data from and then link to those workbooks from the master. That way the master is pulling the data and those individuals that need to update various parts are only affecting their workbooks. Would that work??? -- |
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"Chris Premo" wrote: flex-drop wrote: Chris thanks for the input. I failed to you use the phrase idiot proof. Meaning, the file is being over-written by someone with permission to write to the file. So although the network administrators, in our case Novell, could apply some type of properties to this file, theyre not going to do it for one file. I could assign special properties to individuals but I will still have the unknown idiot working on the workbook (they are probably not aware of what theyre doing.) This forum has many references to various permissions and security options for worksheets and cells. I have attempted to setup a combination of these Excel properties but I havent been able to crack the code, I always end up with too much locked. Im hoping someone can share a common experience that has a solution. I dont have a lot of experience at this level and I mistakenly thought it would be easy. "Chris Premo" wrote: flex-drop wrote: I have a public workbook that is updated by other users. One of the worksheets is being deleted. I have protected the worksheet but that didnt solve the problem. I believe someone is coping the workbook to a local drive or some other location, deleting the worksheet and then overwriting the original workbook. I can prevent the file from being deleted with special permissions but I cant prevent the over-write. Is there a way to protect the structure of the workbook and keep it public? That is more a function of the OS environment you are using, whether it is MS or Novell. Your administrator can set the permissions on the file or folder based on groups. One group can delete, edit, update or replace. Another gorup can only view. Talk to your Admin. -- The only other option I can think of is to create a different workbook for each individual that you need data from and then link to those workbooks from the master. That way the master is pulling the data and those individuals that need to update various parts are only affecting their workbooks. Would that work??? -- Thanks Chris, I had already thought about your suggestion but I didn't want to face it. We will either do this or try some type of dataBase if the report is going to be permanent. |
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