Update Source data in a formula

A

akimballsmith

I have a workbood template for accounting purposes that has thousands of
formulas that reference another workbook in another file. I also need
several copies of this template for all of our different jobs. Everytime I
do a "save as" and rename the template I need to also update the formulas to
look for data in different files. I have tried the find/replace option from
the menu but I can't get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated.
Below is an example of a formula that would need to be change a thousand
times per sheet.

='S:\Andy''s Stuff\Job Materials\Waxie Building LC101\[Waxie Building
LC102.xls]Materials Cost'!F14

change to:

='S:\Andy''s Stuff\Job Materials\NW Rec SG117\[NW Rec SG117.xls]Materials
Cost'!F14
 
B

Bob Umlas

Try Edit/Links, click Change and it'll change all the links to the "right"
workbook.
 
A

akimballsmith

Thanks it worked great.

Bob Umlas said:
Try Edit/Links, click Change and it'll change all the links to the "right"
workbook.

akimballsmith said:
I have a workbood template for accounting purposes that has thousands of
formulas that reference another workbook in another file. I also need
several copies of this template for all of our different jobs. Everytime
I
do a "save as" and rename the template I need to also update the formulas
to
look for data in different files. I have tried the find/replace option
from
the menu but I can't get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated.
Below is an example of a formula that would need to be change a thousand
times per sheet.

='S:\Andy''s Stuff\Job Materials\Waxie Building LC101\[Waxie Building
LC102.xls]Materials Cost'!F14

change to:

='S:\Andy''s Stuff\Job Materials\NW Rec SG117\[NW Rec SG117.xls]Materials
Cost'!F14
 

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