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Setting up connections or references between sheets in different workbooks

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    Setting up connections or references between sheets in different workbooks

    Hello

    I have 2 complex workbooks on my hard-drive. Each has several sheets.

    Book1 is stable and its structure changes rarely. Book2 has a new sheet added every month - they have tab names such as mar17, apr17.. etc etc .. currently up to sep17.

    The last sheet in Book1 is blank. I want to copy into it the data from the latest sheet in Book2, (which changes every month).

    I have tried setting up a connection (Data / Connections) and have succeeded but I get a very messy table structure appearing, which I don't need.

    The other way is just to use cell references, so in A1 of Book1's blank sheet I have something like ='book2location','tabname'A1 (I've not looked up the exact format but think I can find it OK)

    Snag is, how do I cope with the tab name changing every month?

    Ideas & advice please. Excel 2007

    Thanks as always KK

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    Re: need advice, setting up connections or references between sheets in different workbook

    some crafted example ... is welcome

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