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Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server. I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links, change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.

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Hi Bobbie,

EDIT | LINKS | select the old link on the list, click on change and choose
the new one

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

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Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server. I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links, change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.

Thanks

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That's when I get the error 'formula too long'.

"Marcelo" wrote:

Hi Bobbie,

EDIT | LINKS | select the old link on the list, click on change and choose
the new one

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"BobbieB" escreveu:

Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server. I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links, change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.

Thanks

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Try using Find/Replace...find the old path and replace with the new one.


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That's when I get the error 'formula too long'.

"Marcelo" wrote:

Hi Bobbie,

EDIT | LINKS | select the old link on the list, click on change and
choose
the new one

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"BobbieB" escreveu:

Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The
files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server.
I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links,
change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the
formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue
Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.

Thanks



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That didn't work either. If I have to update all the formulas is there a way
to define a name for the workbook path, filename, and tab and then reference
it in the formula?

That way I could just update the cells that have a defined name the next time.



"M. Authement" wrote:

Try using Find/Replace...find the old path and replace with the new one.


"BobbieB" wrote in message
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That's when I get the error 'formula too long'.

"Marcelo" wrote:

Hi Bobbie,

EDIT | LINKS | select the old link on the list, click on change and
choose
the new one

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"BobbieB" escreveu:

Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The
files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server.
I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links,
change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the
formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue
Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.

Thanks






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BobbieB wrote...
Any help would be apprecated....I have several links in a file. The files
were moved from one server to another. I can't access the old server. I
need to update the links to reference the files on the new server. The
source and destination files are both open. I clicked edit, links, change
source and selected the new file. I get an error that indicates the formula
is too long.

I think this is because the old path is in the formula.
=SUM('C:\Customer Services\Mickey\xxxx Portfolios\Marketing
Initiatives\Sellout segmentation\Plan Sellout\4+8 fcst\[Revenue Sellout -
Monthly GL Amounts - xxx Trns.xls]2006'!E7:E10)

How can I make the updates without editing the individual formulas.


The SUM formula above is only 181 characters long, and I was able to
use Edit Replace to make the directory path even longer. Are you
saying Excel can't change the formula above, or are there different
formulas with which it's having problems?

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