Paste All Cells Containing External Links As Values

[fiberboysa]

Hi All,
I have a workbook containing several external links. But the thing is I have roughted these external links through cells in the same workbook for example formula in a cell is appearing like

SUMIFS(INDIRECT("'"&$AA$2&"["&$AD$2&"]Aug 21"&"'!"&"$G:$G")

instead of

SUMIFS('D:\User Name\STA\JCW\2021 - 22\10 21\[Closing.xlsx]Aug 21!$G:$G")

.
Due to above change in SUMIF formula now excel do not perceive it as a external link and Data -> Queries & Connections ->External Links is disabled.
I share this file with my colleagues and I want to find a way to quickly paste all external link formulas as values so they do not get an error when they open these files.

Any suggestion?

 

[cmowla]

If all you want to do is convert formulas to values, just make sure you have the Workbooks that are linked to the Workbook of focus (that contains the formula links) opened as well as the Workbook of focus. Then run the following code from the Workbook of focus (with the sheet with the formulas that you want to convert activated/selected) to convert all formulas in that specific sheet to values.

Sub Test__ConvertFormulastoValues()
Call ConvertFormulastoValues(ThisWorkbook, ActiveSheet.name)
End Sub
Sub ConvertFormulastoValues(book As Workbook, sheetName As String)
'Source: https://www.goskills.com/Excel/Resources/VBA-code-library

Dim rng As Range
Dim scopeRange As Range
Set scopeRange = book.Sheets(sheetName).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)
scopeRange = scopeRange.Value

End Sub

 

[fiberboysa]

If all you want to do is convert formulas to values, just make sure you have the Workbooks that are linked to the Workbook of focus (that contains the formula links) opened as well as the Workbook of focus. Then run the following code from the Workbook of focus (with the sheet with the formulas that you want to convert activated/selected) to convert all formulas in that specific sheet to values.

Sub Test__ConvertFormulastoValues()
Call ConvertFormulastoValues(ThisWorkbook, ActiveSheet.name)
End Sub
Sub ConvertFormulastoValues(book As Workbook, sheetName As String)
'Source: https://www.goskills.com/Excel/Resources/VBA-code-library

Dim rng As Range
Dim scopeRange As Range
Set scopeRange = book.Sheets(sheetName).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)
scopeRange = scopeRange.Value

End Sub

Thanks for your reply but this code is converting all formulas into values. I only want to convert external links.
Moreover, I am getting a #N/A in many cells as well.

 

[cmowla]

Oh, sorry. I somehow missed that detail even though I was aware of it when I first read your post. How about this? (This assumes that all external links have a "[", which they do. And I guess this puts a restriction that you can't use "[" in the concatenate part of a formula, but . . . )

Sub Replace_Only_External_Link_Formulas_With_Values()

Dim sheetName As String
sheetName = ActiveSheet.name

Dim cellsWithFormulas As Range
Set cellsWithFormulas = Sheets(sheetName).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)

Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In cellsWithFormulas
    If InStr(cell.Formula, "[") > 0 Then cell = cell.Value
Next cell

End Sub

 

[fiberboysa]

Oh, sorry. I somehow missed that detail even though I was aware of it when I first read your post. How about this? (This assumes that all external links have a "[", which they do. And I guess this puts a restriction that you can't use "[" in the concatenate part of a formula, but . . . )

Sub Replace_Only_External_Link_Formulas_With_Values()

Dim sheetName As String
sheetName = ActiveSheet.name

Dim cellsWithFormulas As Range
Set cellsWithFormulas = Sheets(sheetName).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)

Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In cellsWithFormulas
    If InStr(cell.Formula, "[") > 0 Then cell = cell.Value
Next cell

End Sub

Great. It worked. Thanks...
For all sheets in my workbook. I've modified the code as follows...

Sub Replace_Only_External_Link_Formulas_With_Values()

Dim ws As Worksheet

Dim cellsWithFormulas As Range

Application.Calculation = xlManual

Dim cell As Range
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
Set cellsWithFormulas = ws.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas)
For Each cell In cellsWithFormulas
    If InStr(cell.Formula, "[") > 0 Then cell = cell.Value
Next cell
Next ws

Application.Calculation = xlAutomatic

End Sub