Cannot break excel link to broken connection
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I have a file and I cannot seem to find where the connection is. I have look in the following places:
- Data>>Connections
- Conditional formatting
- Searches for "[" and ".xl"
- Data Validation, but there is none
- All pivot tables data sources have been checked
- Named ranges
- File >> Info >> Related documents
Any other suggestions that I can use to find where this link is?
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microsoft-excel connection
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
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I have a file and I cannot seem to find where the connection is. I have look in the following places:
- Data>>Connections
- Conditional formatting
- Searches for "[" and ".xl"
- Data Validation, but there is none
- All pivot tables data sources have been checked
- Named ranges
- File >> Info >> Related documents
Any other suggestions that I can use to find where this link is?
Photo of error message:
microsoft-excel connection
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
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asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
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Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30
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I have a file and I cannot seem to find where the connection is. I have look in the following places:
- Data>>Connections
- Conditional formatting
- Searches for "[" and ".xl"
- Data Validation, but there is none
- All pivot tables data sources have been checked
- Named ranges
- File >> Info >> Related documents
Any other suggestions that I can use to find where this link is?
Photo of error message:
microsoft-excel connection
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
I have a file and I cannot seem to find where the connection is. I have look in the following places:
- Data>>Connections
- Conditional formatting
- Searches for "[" and ".xl"
- Data Validation, but there is none
- All pivot tables data sources have been checked
- Named ranges
- File >> Info >> Related documents
Any other suggestions that I can use to find where this link is?
Photo of error message:
microsoft-excel connection
microsoft-excel connection
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
edited May 31 '17 at 22:45
LevenTech
862415
862415
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
asked May 31 '17 at 19:09
Samantha Barrett
612
612
Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30
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Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30
Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30
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Answer from other thread, (posted a community wiki).
Here's a solution that has been very reliable for me:
- Change the file extension of your .xlsx file to .zip
- Unzip this zip in a new folder
- List item Using Explorer, in that folder, search for the name in the file CONTENTS.
Note: Sometimes the name is written in URL format, e.g., %20 instead of spaces, so you might consider using a simplified string that is found only in the problematic file. I used last word of the filename + .xlsx.
It will probably return sheetN.xml as a result. This is the file corresponding to your problematic sheet, where N is the number of the problematic sheet in the order they are displayed. Open it in a text editor such as Notepad.
Find the search string and look at the code around it; it should point you to some cell references that you can lookup in the problematic sheet.
Note: As pointed out before, it could also be in Conditional Formatting or Data Validation.
Source: /719931/how-to-find-broken-links-in-excel-that-cant-be-broken-with-break-links/
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Answer from other thread, (posted a community wiki).
Here's a solution that has been very reliable for me:
- Change the file extension of your .xlsx file to .zip
- Unzip this zip in a new folder
- List item Using Explorer, in that folder, search for the name in the file CONTENTS.
Note: Sometimes the name is written in URL format, e.g., %20 instead of spaces, so you might consider using a simplified string that is found only in the problematic file. I used last word of the filename + .xlsx.
It will probably return sheetN.xml as a result. This is the file corresponding to your problematic sheet, where N is the number of the problematic sheet in the order they are displayed. Open it in a text editor such as Notepad.
Find the search string and look at the code around it; it should point you to some cell references that you can lookup in the problematic sheet.
Note: As pointed out before, it could also be in Conditional Formatting or Data Validation.
Source: /719931/how-to-find-broken-links-in-excel-that-cant-be-broken-with-break-links/
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Answer from other thread, (posted a community wiki).
Here's a solution that has been very reliable for me:
- Change the file extension of your .xlsx file to .zip
- Unzip this zip in a new folder
- List item Using Explorer, in that folder, search for the name in the file CONTENTS.
Note: Sometimes the name is written in URL format, e.g., %20 instead of spaces, so you might consider using a simplified string that is found only in the problematic file. I used last word of the filename + .xlsx.
It will probably return sheetN.xml as a result. This is the file corresponding to your problematic sheet, where N is the number of the problematic sheet in the order they are displayed. Open it in a text editor such as Notepad.
Find the search string and look at the code around it; it should point you to some cell references that you can lookup in the problematic sheet.
Note: As pointed out before, it could also be in Conditional Formatting or Data Validation.
Source: /719931/how-to-find-broken-links-in-excel-that-cant-be-broken-with-break-links/
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Answer from other thread, (posted a community wiki).
Here's a solution that has been very reliable for me:
- Change the file extension of your .xlsx file to .zip
- Unzip this zip in a new folder
- List item Using Explorer, in that folder, search for the name in the file CONTENTS.
Note: Sometimes the name is written in URL format, e.g., %20 instead of spaces, so you might consider using a simplified string that is found only in the problematic file. I used last word of the filename + .xlsx.
It will probably return sheetN.xml as a result. This is the file corresponding to your problematic sheet, where N is the number of the problematic sheet in the order they are displayed. Open it in a text editor such as Notepad.
Find the search string and look at the code around it; it should point you to some cell references that you can lookup in the problematic sheet.
Note: As pointed out before, it could also be in Conditional Formatting or Data Validation.
Source: /719931/how-to-find-broken-links-in-excel-that-cant-be-broken-with-break-links/
Answer from other thread, (posted a community wiki).
Here's a solution that has been very reliable for me:
- Change the file extension of your .xlsx file to .zip
- Unzip this zip in a new folder
- List item Using Explorer, in that folder, search for the name in the file CONTENTS.
Note: Sometimes the name is written in URL format, e.g., %20 instead of spaces, so you might consider using a simplified string that is found only in the problematic file. I used last word of the filename + .xlsx.
It will probably return sheetN.xml as a result. This is the file corresponding to your problematic sheet, where N is the number of the problematic sheet in the order they are displayed. Open it in a text editor such as Notepad.
Find the search string and look at the code around it; it should point you to some cell references that you can lookup in the problematic sheet.
Note: As pointed out before, it could also be in Conditional Formatting or Data Validation.
Source: /719931/how-to-find-broken-links-in-excel-that-cant-be-broken-with-break-links/
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Maybe its contained in a macro? Go to the view, on the bar, and select macros to see if there are any.
– mt025
May 31 '17 at 19:53
@LevenTech: If an image is already on i.stack.imgur.com, you don't need to download and re-upload it — just edit the markdown.
– G-Man
Jun 3 '17 at 6:30