Hi Hursh,
You can do this by using a VBA code!
But you need to have these name listed in a worksheet stating from cell A1 as follows:
Then you can depend on this code to rename all worksheets at once:
Sub rename[]Dim r As Integer
r = 1For Each Sheet In Sheets
Sheet.Name = Cells[r, 1].Value
r = r + 1
NextEnd Sub
This code will loop through each worksheet and rename the Sheet1 with the name of cell A1, Sheet2 with the name of cell A2, and so on.
Please check this link to learn how to insert and run this code.
Regards
I have a workbook with multiple tabs/worksheets. I need to rename the tabs based on a list in one of the tab. The list has 2 columns - A and B. There are names of tabs in column B but they needs to be renamed by their corresponding cells in column A. e.g. EDIT: The tab name with the list is fixed - "Summary" Last edited by a moderator: Mar 22,
2018
column A Column B
abcd rtyu
htyu gui
usa rss
So the macro should search the tab names and if any of the
tab is named as in column B [say rss] then it should be renamed to its corresponding entry in column A [i.e. usa in this case]. Any guidance will be much appreciated.+
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Welcome to the Board! Try this: Code: Joe4
MrExcel MVP, Junior Admin
Sub MyRenameSheets[]
Dim lrow As Long
Dim r As Long
Dim prevNm As String
Dim newNm As String
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
' Find last row in column A on Summary sheet with data
lrow = Sheets["Summary"].Cells[Rows.Count, "A"].End[xlUp].Row
On Error Resume Next
' Loop through all rows on Summary sheet starting on row 2
For r = 2 To lrow
' Capture values
prevNm = Sheets["Summary"].Cells[r, "A"]
newNm = Sheets["Summary"].Cells[r, "B"]
' Rename sheets
Sheets[prevNm].Name = newNm
Next r
On Error GoTo 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
- #3
Thanks a lot. It works perfectly fine and is exactly what was required.
Joe4
MrExcel MVP, Junior Admin
- #5
Is it possible to have the macro reference a table instead? So for example, if on the "Summary" tab there's a table with multiple columns and column "A" in the example above is in the 1st column of the table and column "B" in the example above is in the 4th column of the table?
Gilbert has a worksheet [named "Control"] that contains a list of desired worksheet names in cells A1:A12. He needs a way, in a macro, to rename each of the other 12 worksheets in the workbook based upon that range of cells. The worksheet names don't need to be dynamic; they just need to be renamed when he runs the macro.
The core of developing a macro to address this need is to rely on the Name property of each worksheet you want to rename. For instance, you could use a very simple macro like this:
Sub RenameSheets[] Dim c As Range Dim J As Integer J = 0 For Each c In Range["A1:A12"] J = J + 1 If Sheets[J].Name = "Control" Then J = J + 1 Sheets[J].Name = c.Text Next c End Sub
The macro simply steps through the cell range A1:A12 and, if the next worksheet isn't named "Control," it renames the worksheet to the cell value.
As noted, this macro is very simplistic and should, in all likelihood, be a lot more robust. For instance, what should be done if there are more [or fewer] than 13 worksheets in the current workbook? What should be done if there are empty cells in the range A1:A12? What should be done if someone runs the macro and "Control" isn't the active worksheet? What should be done if there are two identical values in A1:A12? What if there are leading or trailing spaces on one or more names in the range A1:A12? These and [most likely] a whole range of other questions can affect how the macro finally looks. Here's a commented version of the macro that takes into account several of the possibilities just mentioned:
Sub RenameSheets[] Dim c As Range Dim J As Integer Dim K As Integer Dim sName As String Dim w[12] As String Dim bGo As Boolean Dim sTemp As String bGo = True If Worksheets.Count 13 Then ' Check to make sure exactly 13 worksheets in workbook bGo = False sTemp = "There are more than 13 worksheets." End If If ActiveSheet.Name "Control" Then ' Check to make sure Control is active bGo = False sTemp = "Control worksheet is not active." Else ' Check for empty and duplicate cells in range J = 0 For Each c In Range["A1:A12"] sName = Trim[c.Text] If sName "" Then For K = 1 to J If LCase[w[K]] = LCase[sName] Then bGo = False sTemp = "Duplicate sheet names in list." End If Next K If bGo Then ' Everything still good; add name J = J + 1 w[J] = sName End If End If Next c End If If bGo Then K = 0 For J = 1 To 12 K = K + 1 If Sheets[K].Name = "Control" Then K = K + 1 Sheets[K].Name = w[J] Next J Else MsgBox[sTemp] End If End Sub
Notice how much longer the second version of the macro is than the first? Anytime you start adding multiple checks in a macro, it can really make it much longer than without the checks. The benefit in adding the checks, of course, is that your macro is less likely to run into problems as it is used by people other than you.
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