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I have a complex spreadsheet that consists of 8 worksheets. Most of
these worksheets are dynamic lists which can be added to. They are linked to a series of other spreadsheets that extracts informtion concerning individual projects The main information- a worksheet called expenses" is kept on one sheet and currently has about 13000 entries. The spreadsheet database itself is about 4.5 meg. One worksheet (called Input) has been created which feeds into the main sheet "expenses" transferring the information across to the 20+ columns. No problems so far??!! However my boss now wants a portable spreadsheet that can be sent out to offsite employees which can then be imported into the main sheet. The problem is that he could like it idiot proof which would entail having dropdown lists like the input worksheet and a simple menu to drive it - with protection all over the place so that they cannot screw it up. Unfortunately I cannot see a way of extracting the "input" form which requests the relevant information without having to also include all the other worksheets that have the up to date lists in them as he wants dropdown lists with data validation. A snapshot of the lists at the date of the email would however be sufficient Ideally I would like to automatically create a partial spreadsheet which could be emailed - from a button - once a month - to each of these offsite staff with the same column headings as the expenses sheet but with up to date dropdown menus in each column so that they can only select information already stored in the main sheet. I do not want them to be able to input their own project numbers etc and of course as the spreadsheet grows in size - if we were to send the original whole spreadsheet then we would encounter email size problems. I have tried this many years ago using Access but really do not want to have to rewrite all the coding to create a new database. Has anyone come across this problem before and come up with a solution. Any thoughts would be appreciated Brian |
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On May 3, 1:40*pm, "Don Guillett" wrote:
Perhaps give them a blank template for each month. At the end of the month they email the completed for you to APPEND to the main file.?? -- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "BJ&theBear" wrote in message ... I have a complex spreadsheet that consists of 8 worksheets. *Most of these worksheets are dynamic lists which can be added to. *They are linked to a series of other spreadsheets that extracts informtion concerning individual projects The main information- a worksheet called expenses" is kept on one sheet and currently has about 13000 entries. *The spreadsheet database itself is about 4.5 meg. One worksheet (called Input) has been created which feeds into the main sheet "expenses" transferring the information across to the 20+ columns. No problems so far??!! However my boss now wants a portable spreadsheet that can be sent out to offsite employees which can then be imported into the main sheet. The problem is that he could like it idiot proof which would entail having dropdown lists like the input worksheet and a simple menu to drive it - with protection all over the place so that they cannot screw it up. Unfortunately I cannot see a way of extracting the "input" form which requests the relevant information without having to also include all the other worksheets that have the up to date lists in them as he wants dropdown lists with data validation. *A snapshot of the lists at the date of the email would however be sufficient Ideally I would like to automatically create a partial spreadsheet which could be emailed - from a button - once a month - to each of these offsite staff with the same column headings as the expenses sheet but with up to date dropdown menus in each column so that they can only select information already stored in the main sheet. *I do not want them to be able to input their own project numbers etc and of course as the spreadsheet grows in size - if we were to send the original whole spreadsheet then we would encounter email size problems. I have tried this many years ago using Access but really do not want to have to rewrite all the coding to create a new database. Has anyone come across this problem before and come up with a solution. Any thoughts would be appreciated Brian- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks Don for your advice If however I give them a blank template then it is open for them to input information which is not in the main database. I was trying to restrict them to the dropdown list generated from the other worksheets but without having to send them the other worksheets. Thanks Brian |
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