Macro to refresh workbook, clear sheet, refer to path and import columns

Retroshift

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Hi,
In my worksheet, I would like to add a macro which does the following at once: 1) refresh the active workbook, 2) clear the contents of a specific worksheet, 3) import columns data from a closed workbook, 4) refer to the path of the closed workbook based on cell data in the open workbook, 5) identify the columns data until the last row, and 6) add a messagebox.
Below is what I got so far but it is not complete. Does anyone know how to make the macro work? Many thanks in advance

VBA Code:
Sub RefreshClearCopyColumnsData()

'First refresh the open workbook to update all the values

ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll

'Then clear the contents of the worksheet in the open workbook

wkBk.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells.ClearContents

'Then get columns data from closed workbook into open workbook

Dim lastRow As Long
Dim myApp As Excel.Application
Dim wkBk As Workbook
Dim wkSht As Object

Set myApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

'Get path and Closed Workbook filename from (indirect?) cell A5 in open workbook

Set wkBk = myApp.Workbooks.Open("[(indirect) path reference from sheet2!A5 in open workbook]")

'Specify the columns until the last row with data

lastRow = wkBk.Sheets(1).Range("A,O,R,V,AD,AG,AH" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
wkBk.Sheets(1).Range("A1:A,O1:O,R1:R,V1:V,AD1:AD,AG1:AG,AH1:AH" & lastRow).Copy
myApp.DisplayAlerts = False
wkBk.Close
myApp.Quit
Set wkBk = Nothing
Set myApp = Nothing
Set wkBk = ActiveWorkbook
Set wkSht = wkBk.Sheets("Sheet1")
wkSht.Activate
Range("C2").Select
wkSht.Paste
Exit Sub

'Add messagebox

MsgBox “Data successfully imported”

End Sub
 
I meant I want to only keep the first 10 characters of the data in every cell of the single column O. For example:
if it imports "16/05/2022 11:00:00" into a cell in column O, the amount of characters should get cropped down to only the date (10 characters in this case) and not the time, so "16/05/2022".
And when a value of "16/05/2022" gets imported (merely the date (10 characters)), it is fine and it can stay there without any VBA action to it.
 
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I meant I want to only keep the first 10 characters of the data in every cell of the single column O. For example:
if it imports "16/05/2022 11:00:00" into a cell in column O, the amount of characters should get cropped down to only the date (10 characters in this case) and not the time, so "16/05/2022".
And when a value of "16/05/2022" gets imported (merely the date (10 characters)), it is fine and it can stay there without any VBA action to it.

You would need a separate subroutine dedicated to doing that, and run it after Sub RefreshClearCopyColumnsData completes. That is too far outside the scope of this thread so you should start a new thread for that.
 
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You would need a separate subroutine dedicated to doing that, and run it after Sub RefreshClearCopyColumnsData completes. That is too far outside the scope of this thread so you should start a new thread for that.
True. I started a separate thread on this.
 
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