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Insert cell value into a link path
This may not be the most efficient way to do this, but here's what I'm
trying to do. I have the following link in B3: ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\060801\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 What I have in B4 is the =TODAY() formula and I have it formatted as 060801 (August 1st, 2006). What I want to do is be able to have the link in B3 contain the value in B4 so that it's dynamic. I can change B4 to whatever and it would give me the new data. It would be something like (but this doesn't work obviously): ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\$B$4\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 How can I put in the cell reference here? I haven't been able to find anything. I've tried putting it in single quotes, double quotes, and just by itself. Thanks. |
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krisue,
You will have to use the INDIRECT function it will be something like this: =INDIRECT("='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & $B$4 & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") You may also have to wrap the B4 cell reference in the TEXT function (or something similar) like this: =INDIRECT("='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & TEXT($B$4) & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") I don't recall if by using the INDIRECT function if you will need the "=" sign inside the quotes, so you might try these as well: =INDIRECT("'D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & $B$4 & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") =INDIRECT("'D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & TEXT($B$4) & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") I hope this helps, Conan Kelly wrote in message oups.com... This may not be the most efficient way to do this, but here's what I'm trying to do. I have the following link in B3: ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\060801\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 What I have in B4 is the =TODAY() formula and I have it formatted as 060801 (August 1st, 2006). What I want to do is be able to have the link in B3 contain the value in B4 so that it's dynamic. I can change B4 to whatever and it would give me the new data. It would be something like (but this doesn't work obviously): ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\$B$4\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 How can I put in the cell reference here? I haven't been able to find anything. I've tried putting it in single quotes, double quotes, and just by itself. Thanks. |
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Conan Kelly wrote: krisue, You will have to use the INDIRECT function it will be something like this: =INDIRECT("='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & $B$4 & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") You may also have to wrap the B4 cell reference in the TEXT function (or something similar) like this: =INDIRECT("='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & TEXT($B$4) & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") I don't recall if by using the INDIRECT function if you will need the "=" sign inside the quotes, so you might try these as well: =INDIRECT("'D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & $B$4 & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") =INDIRECT("'D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\" & TEXT($B$4) & "\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3") I hope this helps, Conan Kelly wrote in message oups.com... This may not be the most efficient way to do this, but here's what I'm trying to do. I have the following link in B3: ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\060801\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 What I have in B4 is the =TODAY() formula and I have it formatted as 060801 (August 1st, 2006). What I want to do is be able to have the link in B3 contain the value in B4 so that it's dynamic. I can change B4 to whatever and it would give me the new data. It would be something like (but this doesn't work obviously): ='D:\data\Upgrades\Reports\$B$4\[Down.xls]Upgrade Time Per Agency2'!$C$3 How can I put in the cell reference here? I haven't been able to find anything. I've tried putting it in single quotes, double quotes, and just by itself. Thanks. Thanks Conan. I found what I was looking for. But the TEXT option will work well. I was going to reference another cell that had TEXT(B4). |
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