Note This allows a link to be maintained when the linked file is copied to an additional sub folder of the folder that the source file is located in. For example, the linked file is C:\Mydir\Files\Myfile\Linked.xls and the source data file is C:\Mydir\Files\Source.xls. If the source data file is one folder down from the linked file, a property is stored to indicate this.For example, if the linked file C:\Mydir\Linked.xls is dependent on C:\Mydir\Files\Source.xls, the only portion of the path that is stored is \Files\Source.xls. All portions of the path that are shared are not stored. If the source data file is located in a folder that is nested in the same root folder as the linked file, a property is stored to indicate the root folder.If the linked file and the source data file are in the same folder, only the file name is stored.If the linked file and the source data file are not on the same drive, the drive letter is stored with a path to the file and file name.See this URL for more information (excerpt below): The easiest way is to store the Excel documents in the same folder.
This depends on the locations of the spreadsheets. In certain circumstances, external links created in Excel will use relative paths rather than absolute paths. I understand why this happens, but is there a way to get around this and have files link together in such a way that the links are relative rather than absolute. It becomes particularly acute when using PowerPivot and linking to other files in the data model as all of the data model data sources have to be updated also. This is a huge barrier for us using this kind of storage as every user would have to change each file each time they open it. If you create a file with links to other files on machine 1 and then move to machine 2, machine 2 no knows where the files with 'machine 1' in the path as stored. When this happens you have to choose the source for the links every single time you open the file from a different machine. Machine 2 Dropbox = C:\Dropbox\Excel Folder\Excel File Machine 1 Dropbox = C:\Dropbox\Excel Folder\Excel File With all of the services we have tested the file path for files is different for every machine.For example the same folder on two different machines would have file locations as below: We now however wish to use Cloud Storage services e.g. With our service this is fine as everyone accesses a shared network drive and the file paths for all the linked files remain the same. My problem is that if someone joins my company at Location A, once i “insert” a new row to house the new persons data, Person A’s individual link now picks up whatever is in A2 and is not locked into the data assigned to Person A.Within our company we use a number of Excel workbooks that link to other Excel workbooks. This means if i alter, for example person A’s contact number in the master database, his personal file will automatically update.
For example, the master database shows everyone who works at Location A, Location B, Location C etc and from that Person A at Location A has their own workbook linked back to the master database (EG A2). I have also created a secondary database that is unique to the individual and not the branch. The data is broken down so employees are grouped together by the branch they work at. I have built a “master database” which houses everyone who works for my company.
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