Extract workbook information

[Joe]

I want to programmically extract certain information from all workbooks in a
folder, always in the same place on the same sheet in each workbook.

The result will look like this:

Bookname Sales Profit
Book1 999 999
Book2 999 999
etc.

assuming Sales and Profit are in cells c10 and g10 of the sheet named "P&L".

 

[Don Guillett]

One way. Set up formulas like this in col b and col c for an already known
file name. Then have a list of the files in col a and use the macro to
change all.

=[MENU.xls]Off2007!$a$2

Sub changefilenames()
For Each c In Range("h6:h7")
c.Replace "ok", c.Offset(, -1)
Next c
End Sub

 

[Mike H]

Joe,

This assumes every file in the directory you choose will have a sheet called
P&L.

Sub LoopThroughDirectory()
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
'Change this to your directory
MyPath = "C:\"
ActiveFile = Dir(MyPath & "*.xls")
Do While ActiveFile <> ""
Workbooks.Open Filename:=MyPath & ActiveFile
BkName = ActiveWorkbook.Name
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("P&L").Range("C10,G10").Copy
ActiveWorkbook.Close False
lastrow = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(Cells.Rows.Count,
"A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(lastrow, 1) = BkName
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(lastrow, 1).Offset(, 1).PasteSpecial

ActiveFile = Dir()
Loop
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.

 

[Chip Pearson]

Try some code like the following:


Sub AAA()
Dim Dest As Range
Dim FName As String
Dim Path As String
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim WS As Worksheet

Set Dest = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") '<<<
CHANGE
Path = "D:\Temp" '<<< CHANGE
ChDrive Path
ChDir Path
FName = Dir("*.xls")
Do Until FName = vbNullString
Set WB = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=FName)
Set WS = WB.Worksheets("P&L")
Dest(1, 1).Value = WB.Name
Dest(1, 2).Value = WS.Range("C10")
Dest(1, 3).Value = WS.Range("G10")
Set Dest = Dest(2, 1)
WB.Close savechanges:=False
FName = Dir()
Loop
End Sub

Change the lines marked with '<<< to meet your needs. Dest is the cell
at which the list of extracted values will begin. Path is the folder
name that conatins the workbooks whose contents you want to extract.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional,
Excel, 1998 - 2010
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com