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KenTreanor
Copper Contributor
Feb 10, 2023

showing file names in Excelworkbooks

It used to be possible to insert a formula into an Excel workbook which would show the file name and path.   Can anyone remember what the formula was is it still valid as I can't find it in the formulas  tab?

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  • KenTreanor 

     

    =CELL("filename") returns path+filename+sheetname

    To remove the sheet name:

    =SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(CELL("filename"),FIND("]",CELL("filename"))-1),"[","")

    Warning: this won't work if the path/filename contains [ or ].

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