Cell Date Reference in formula for data from other files

[NGB82KS]

Hi all, not sure this is even possible reading through the forums, but I'll give it a go and ask the question, or have to look at some sort of vb script.

I have a root folder called "Teachers" and under that folder, hundreds of subfolders for all the schools ( e.g. Teachers\School 1\; Teachers\School 2\; Teachers\School 3\; etc..) and within each of those folders are excel files with a name that has a date, "Report 2020 10 01.xlsx";"Report 2020 11 01.xlsx";"Report 2020 11 30.xlsx".

I'm currently using the formula on my consolidated spreadsheet that is '\\Teacher\School 1\[Report 2020 11 01.xlsx]Summary'!$D$85 to pull the specific number from that cell in that file into my consolidated spreadsheet, repeating hundreds of times for each school.

Is there a way to use a cell reference in my formula so I change the date on my consolidated form and it uses that to pull the information?
CONSOLIDATED SPREADSHEET

	A	B
1	Date to use in the formula	2020 11 30
2	Formula	'\\Teacher\School 1\[Report B1 Date.xlsx]Summary'!$D$85

 

[Fluff]

To do that you would need to use the INDIRECT function, but it doesn't work on closed workbooks.

 

[NGB82KS]

To do that you would need to use the INDIRECT function, but it doesn't work on closed workbooks.

ok, looks like i'll have to figure it out in vb then and write it in as a macro? Thanks!

 

[Fluff]

You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
If you get stuck, just start a new thread.