Circular Reference Scenario?

SCrowe

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Hi everyone!

I have a payroll spreadsheet that is based off a template. I save the template as a filename of PAY PERIOD 1 - 2008.XLS. In this spreadsheet, I have calculated cells to keep track of vacation hours for each employee: BEGINNING VAC BALANCE, VAC HRS EARNED THIS PAY, VAC HRS TAKEN THIS PAY, & ENDING VAC BALANCE.

My question is how could I automatically update NEXT pay period's calculations to show the ENDING VAC BALANCE from PAY PERIOD 1 - 2008.XLS to update in BEGINNING VAC BALANCE in PAY PERIOD 2 - 2008.XLS?

Another caveat would be we are continually hiring new people and/or people leave the company, so I have to add or remove them from these paysheets.

Would I need to create a separate spreadsheet to act as a bridge from PAY PERIOD 1 - 2008.XLS to PAY PERIOD 2 - 2008.XLS and if so how would circular reference have to come into play? Here's my spreadsheet:

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY INPUT! :)
PAYROLL TEMPLATE (NEW TEST).XLS
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
1BI-WEEKLYPAYPERIODFOR11/28/07-12/11/07
2EMPLOYEE:SCHMO,JOESTATUS:FULLTIMEPOSITION:PARAMEDIC
3DATEDAYOFWEEKHOURSWORKEDLUNCHTAKEN(L)HOURLYWAGESOTHEREARNINGSTOTALOTHERSCOMMENTSBEGINNINGVACBALANCEHOURSEARNEDTHISPAYHOURSTAKENTHISPAYENDINGVACBALANCE
4WEEK111/28/07WEDV8TOTALREGHOURSHRSRATE/HRREGPAYVACATIONDAY(8HRS*$15/HR)$120.00324828
511/29/07THUHOLIDAY0:00$15.00$-HOLIDAY(8HRS*$15/HR)$120.00
611/30/07FRI  
712/01/07SATTOTALOTHOURSHRSRATE/HROTPAY  
812/02/07SUN  0:00$22.50$-  
912/03/07MON   
1012/04/07TUE    WEEK1TOTAL
11WEEK1TOTALSWEEK1HOURLYWAGES$-WEEK1OTHEREARNINGS$240.00$240.00
12
13WEEK212/05/07WED TOTALREGHOURSHRSRATE/HRREGPAY  
1412/06/07THU0:00$15.00$-  
1512/07/07FRI  
1612/08/07SAT TOTALOTHOURSHRSRATE/HROTPAY  
1712/09/07SUN  0:00$22.50$-  TOTALPAYCHECK(WEEK1+WEEK2)
1812/10/07MON   
1912/11/07TUE    WEEK2TOTAL$240.00
20WEEK2TOTALSWEEK2HOURLYWAGES$-WEEK2OTHEREARNINGS$-$-
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I was working on this problem quite a bit this weekend, but was unable to come up with a valid solution on my own. Does anyone have any ideas? I would greatly appreciate it! It would make my whole year! :)

Scott
 
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