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Get Excel sheet name and set part of the name to activate another sheet in a different excel workbook

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Posted on by VIncent_AZK 25

hi community

 

I used "Get active Excel worksheet" to get a "SheetName" variable & "SheetIndex"variable.

i.e. Excel with 3 sheets: "AUHeadcount", "Instruction", "detail"

 

Now i want to set a new variable "CountryName" using first 2 character of the Sheet name of the first sheet (Index 1), then use the new variable "Country Name" to locate a sheet in a different excel. 

i.e. Use "AU" to locate the sheet AU in a global headcount excel with multiple sheets like "AU", "NZ", "TH", "US"

 

Below is not working. I just don't know the code/language to use to get the first two characters of the content of a variable, and set as a new variable. I am pretty new so appreciate your direction. 

 

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    eetuRobo Profile Picture
    eetuRobo 4,579 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Use Get subtext under Text actions:

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    start character position to be 0 (first letter is 0 index) and number of characters 2

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    Or other way could be to use Set variable and just use the first and second characters from the SheetName variable. When variable is string you can get single character of the strings value by adding square brackets at the end and inside that the positon of the character. So first character is %VariableName[0]% second would be %VariableName[1]%

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    And if you would have Power Fx enabled the syntax would be:
    =Left(SheetName, 2)

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  • VIncent_AZK Profile Picture
    VIncent_AZK 25 on at

    thank you!

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