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dynamic connections in excel?
Hello, I have a question on "connections" in Excel. I want my data file to be connected to a cell in an other data file. This is no problem.. but the problem is that this connection will get a setted path, for example C:/documents/target.xls If I send the two documents to an other person now.. he oviously isnīt able to see the connection because it is not really probable that he has put the data in the same direction. So Excel doesnīt find the connection. He has to set the connection manual again. So my question is, if excel is able to search the target-data on its own - because it is really a lot of work to do it manually when you have more than 30 datas on which you want to have access. Is there any standard-possibility to do that?? Thanks !! -- dennism ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dennism's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27317 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=468140 |
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Do other users need to be connected to source file, or will having only values be enough for them. a) Open your workbook. Create an empty workbook. For every sheet needed to be available by recipient, select whole sheet in original workbook and copy it, and in new workbook, right-click on cell A1, and PasteSpecial Values+Formats+ColumnWidths (and after that rename the sheet with same name as in original workbook. When all needed sheets are copied, save the new workbook and send it to recipient(s). In new workbook are only values - no formulas, and no links to other workbooks. b) Keep all workbooks which must be connected by several users, on shared network resource (on server, or on another computer). Map this shared resource, p.e. as X. Redesign all links in your original workbook, so they look like ='X:\[SourceWorkbook.xls]SourceSheet'!A1 All recipients must also the same network resource been mapped in same way (as X in my example). Now, when you send your excel workbook to them, they can open it without any problems. -- Arvi Laanemets ( My real mail address: arvil<attarkon.ee ) "dennism" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a question on "connections" in Excel. I want my data file to be connected to a cell in an other data file. This is no problem.. but the problem is that this connection will get a setted path, for example C:/documents/target.xls If I send the two documents to an other person now.. he oviously isnīt able to see the connection because it is not really probable that he has put the data in the same direction. So Excel doesnīt find the connection. He has to set the connection manual again. So my question is, if excel is able to search the target-data on its own - because it is really a lot of work to do it manually when you have more than 30 datas on which you want to have access. Is there any standard-possibility to do that?? Thanks !! -- dennism ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dennism's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27317 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=468140 |
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