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Automatically Run a Macro at a Certain Time - i.e. Run a Macro at 4:30PM every day
Automatically run an Excel macro at a certain time. This allows you to not have to worry about running a macro every day. This macro will, on its own, run another macro in your workbook at a certain time in the day. This is a great macro to use to automate your Excel spreadsheets.
This macro only works in the ThisWorkbook vba section and not a module. Also, it will only work after you save the workbook with this macro and then reopen the macro. This is because of the fact that the workbook being opened triggers this macro to run. As it is now, this macro will run at 4:30 PM. The time is always local with this macro. That is because the time determined by the macro is taken from your computer. This is important because if the time on your computer, bottom right hand corner in windows, is incorrect, the macro will still run when it, your computer, says it is the time that is also put into the macro. Sounds a little confusing at first but just make sure that the time displayed by your operating system is correct.
To run this macro, just make sure that you replace Name_of_Macro with the name of the macro inside of your Excel workbook that you want to run. Also, replace 16:30:00 with the time that you want your macro to run. The time in Excel macros is listed in what is sometimes called military time but what is standard for Europe and much of the rest of the world, so just take note of this fact. The first set of zeros is for the hours; the second set is for the minutes; and the third set is for the seconds.
Where to install the macro: ThisWorkbook
Excel Macro to Automatically Run a Macro at a Certain Time
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
'Runs a macro at 4:30 PM
Application.OnTime TimeValue("16:30:00"), "Name_of_Macro"
End Sub
How to Install the Macro
- Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.
- Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.
- Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.
Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.
For Excel Versions Prior to Excel 2007
Go to Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor
For Excel 2007
Go to Office Button > Excel Options > Popular > Click Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Then go to the Developer tab on the ribbon menu and on the far left Click Visual Basic
- On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.
- If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Go to the menu at the top of the window and click Insert > Module
- Another window should have opened within the Visual Basic Editor's window. Within this new window, paste the macro code. Make sure to paste the code underneath the last line of anything else that is in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Then, at the bottom of the list that appears, double-click the ThisWorkbook text.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Within the list that appears you will see every worksheet that is in that excel file. They will be listed as such: Sheet1(NAME OF SHEET HERE) and under that will be Sheet2(NAME OF SHEET HERE). Select the sheet in which you want the macro to run and double-click that sheet.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Repeat steps b and c for every sheet you want the macro to work in. Putting the macro in one sheet will not enable it for any other sheets in the workbook.
- Go to Step 8.
- Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.
- You are now ready to run the macro.
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HTML Code:
Code
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Dim when As Variant
Dim name As String
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End Sub
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I have a macro which automatically saves a group of spreadsheet 1 by 1 (26 Spreadsheets in total) would there be any way to automatically run this at a set time so for an example within the code start the Macro at 6 in the morning so when i get to work it has already ran and is ready. I am using this macro in VBA script and cannot access the program files or any system folders as im on a restricted network.
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Quote:
Sub Divide()
Dim fPath As String
Dim fName As String
Dim wb As Workbook
'Setup
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
fPath = "O:\Hopson\Industry\Mark to Market Source Files\" 'remember final \ in this string
fName = Dir(fPath & "*.xls") 'start a list of filenames
Do While Len(fName) > 0
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(fPath & fName) 'open found file
With ActiveSheet
.Range("Z1000").Value = 100
.Range("Z1000").Copy
.Range("E13:U100").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAll, Operation:=xlDivide
.Range("Z1000") = ""
End With
wb.Close True 'close/save
fName = Dir 'get next filename
Loop
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hi,
I would like to enter a time and date automatically each time data is entered into a row.
for example:
Cells A1:A300 are for data entry, either free text or from a validated list.
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I intend to create a spreadsheet that records the mass of liquid from cell A1 of table A and insert it into cell b1 of table B. Hence, cell B1 will contain the liquid mass 5 mins after start time. I also intend to have cell B2 to contain the liquid mass value 5 mins after cell B1 has recorded the liquid mass. This goes on until the mass of liquid stops in one of the cells of table B. Hopefully, this will create a list of liquid masses that are 5 mins in between in table B.
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I need to write a fairly complex formula in Excel to do with time and dates.
In Column A I will have the 'Type': either Red or Blue.
In Column B, the 'Date purchase date and time.'
And Column C is the 'Due date and time.' Column C is where the formula needs to be.
Red Type.
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THis is where it gets tricky.... if the date is on the Friday after 3pm, Saturday all day, or Sunday all day, the due date needs to be set to the monday after at 9am.
Blue Type.
A "Blue" type means it is due in 24 hours. So the time and date need to be set to 24 hours later. If it is received on a Friday it should be set to the same time on the Monday.
SO a normal week day i.e Tuesday 11am will be due on Wednesday at 11am.
So 2pm on the Friday received, equates to being due on the Monday at 2pm. Saturday 2pm, equates to Monday 2pm, Sunday 2pm equates to Monday 2pm.
I have attached an Excel spreadsheet with samples of how the results should look.
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Quote:
Sub divide()
'
' divide Macro
'
'
Range("Z1000").Value = 100
Range("Z1000").Copy
Range("E13:U100").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAll, Operation:=xlDivide
End Sub
Any direction or advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
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