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Default Dynamic External Workbook reference

I have the following formula, its referencing an external workbook:-
=VLOOKUP(C3,'051206Cost Centre 1 .xls'!$D:$F,3,FALSE), the problem is the
prefix to the external workbook is a date and this changes every day (i.e.
the '051206' bit of the formula is the current day in yymmdd format).

Is there any way I type in a single formula that will dynamically refer to
the current days spreadsheet? I have tried the following but it returns an
error: - =VLOOKUP(C3,"'"&TEXT(TODAY(),"yymmdd")&"Cost Centre 1
..xls'!"&$D:$F,3,FALSE)

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks

Brian
Co-op Bank
Manchester, England

 
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