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Help needed! share data between worksheets
Hi Darren_Melbs
Ready to help as best as possible
#1 One thing you should clarify: are you looking at linking info. between Worksheets inside the same Workbook (a Workbook can contain 1 to n Worksheets) or to link info. between 2 Workbooks?
#2 The article you ref. is good, videos sometime help. After quickly watching a few, that one seems good to me. Couple of recommendations if you start from scratch in term of knowledge:
- Do it with local file(s) first. By local files I mean files stored on your PC
- Start with a something very simple: link cell A1 from one Workbook/Worksheet to another and stick to this basic scenario until you get it to work and can easily repeat the process n times
- Don't try to write - by yourself - the external references (i.e. =[WorkbookName]SheetName!...). Only do it with the keyboard and the mouse
#3 When you have it working with local files, the process is the same with files stored on OneDrive or Sharepoint. Assuming you want to link 2 Workbooks:
a) Store the files (without any link between them) on OneDrive/SharePoint
b) Open Excel
c) Go to Open > Nativagate to your OneDrive/SharePoint folder (my OneDrive below)
d) Select the Source Workbook
e) Repeat c-d selecting the Destination worbook this time
... create the link(s) between your Source & Destination workbooks