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How to Resolve a Name Conflict for a Named Range in Excel

This tutorial will demonstrate how to resolve a name conflict in Excel.

When you try to copy two or more sheets from one file to another, if the files both have the same range names in them, a name conflict error could occur. Excel will warn you that the range name already exists and ask if you wish to rename the range name or use the existing version of that name.

Resolve the Name Conflict

Using Existing Versions

1. Select two or more sheets in the workbook that contain range names that are identical in the destination workbook.

2. Right-click on the sheet tabs and select Move or Copy.

The Name conflict box will appear.

3. Click Yes to use the existing version of the name. This mean that the range name coming in from the copied sheet will be removed and the original name in the destination sheet will be used.
Click Yes to All to use all the existing range names.

Rename Ranges

If you select No to rename the version of the range name, you can give the existing range name from the copied sheet a new name in the current sheet. This is useful if the range name has been used in formulas.

1. Click No to rename the range name.

2. Type in the New name.

3. Click OK.

As shown in the picture above, the original named range of December from the source sheet is renamed to Dec.

Duplicate Range Names

If you select a single sheet to copy or move to a book where some destination names are identical, you will not receive this warning. Excel will copy the sheet with its range names but alter the scope of each name to the sheet instead of the workbook.

Right-click on one sheet to copy to another open workbook and select Move or Copy.

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Why does Excel now give me already existing name range warning on Copy Sheet?

I’ve been working on a Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet for several days. I’m working from a master template like sheet and copying it to a new sheet repeatedly. Up until today, this was happening with no issues. However, in the middle of today this suddenly changed and I do not know why. Now, whenever I try to copy a worksheet I get about ten dialogs, each one with a different name range object (shown below as ‘XXXX’) and I click yes for each one:

A formula or sheet you want to move or copy contains the name ‘XXXX’, which already exists on the destination worksheet. Do you want to use this version of the name?

• To use the name as defined in destination sheet, click Yes.
• To rename the range referred to in the formula or worksheet, click No, and enter a new name in the Name Conflict dialog box.

The name range objects refer to cells in the sheet. For example, E6 is called name range PRE on multiple sheets (and has been all along) and some of the formulas refer to PRE instead of $E$6 . One of the ‘XXXX’ above is this PRE . These name ranges should only be resolved within the sheet within which they appear. This was not an issue before despite the same name range existing on multiple sheets before. I want to keep my name ranges.

What could have changed in my spreadsheet to cause this change in behavior? I’ve gone back to prior sheets created this way and now they give the message too when copied. I tried a different computer and a different user and the same behavior is seen everywhere. I can only conclude something in the spreadsheet has changed. What could this be and how can I get back the old behavior whereby I can copy sheets with name ranges and not get any warnings?

Looking in the Name Manager I see that the name ranges being complained about show twice, once as scope Template and again as scope Workbook . If I delete the scope Template ones the warning goes away on copy however, I get a bunch of #REF errors. If I delete the scope Workbook ones, all seems okay and the warnings on copy go away too, so perhaps this is the answer, but I’m nervous about what effect this deletion will have and wonder how the Workbook ones came into existence in the first place.

Will it be safe to just delete the Workbook name manager scoped entries and how might these have come into existence without my knowing it to begin with?

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Fixed Name Conflict In Excel

Introduction:
When you use «Move and copy» function to copy Sheet on Excel file. You receive a message from Microsoft Excel with content as below:
«A formula or sheet you want to move or copy contains the name «file name», which already exists on the destination worksheet. Do you want to use this version of the name?
To use the name as defined in the destination sheet, click yes. To rename the range referred to in the formula or worksheet, click no, and enter a new name in the Nme Confilct dialog box.»

When you choose «Yes», this message is still not lost. When you choose «No», a message windows with name «Name Conflict» that will aprrears:
«Name already exists on destination sheet.
Old Name.
New name.
«

You can not close this Name Conflict message, even if you fill any information at «Old name» & «New name» cell or choose Cancel.
This is a classic error in Excel. When this is the case, you can not open, modify & close to any Excel file.
Don’t worry, QTit will help you fix this error with some basic step.

You can see video guide for fix error: Name conflict in Excel

How to Do:
Step 1: The first, you turn off this message by: Mouse right Taskbar > Task Manager > Process tab > Right mouse Microsoft Excel > End task.

Note that all Excel files you have open will be exit after Step 1 is done.

Step 2: Install and open the program XLStyles Tool (this program is only supported on Windows 10)

Step 3: Click Get File > find and select the path of the corrupted Excel file > select Remove All in Name Ranges With External References > Process File

Step 4: Open the corrupted Excel file. Select the Formulas tab > Name Manager.

Step 5: Select all values in the Name Manager table. and Delete (delete them).

Step 6: Completed. Please open the error excel file and check it. I’m 100% successful for sure.
So you already fixed error: Name Conflict In Excel

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[SOLVED] Error if ‘name’ already exists

What i have are cells, that when you type say «AAA» into the cell, it
will do a worksheet change event, and add «AAA» as a name to my
worksheet.

What I’d like to do is, if the user types in a name into one of these
cells, and the ‘name’ already exists as a name, it will return a pop up
box error telling them to choose a different name and ‘End’ my name
naming ‘Sub’

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

Dim nm as Name
On Error Resume Next
set nm = thisworkbooks.names(target.value)
On Error goto 0
if not nm is nothing then
msgbox «Name » & target.Value & » already exists»
exit sub
end if

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

«Kevin O’Neill» wrote in message
news:1132155885.200708.15810@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.
> What i have are cells, that when you type say «AAA» into the cell, it
> will do a worksheet change event, and add «AAA» as a name to my
> worksheet.
>
> What I’d like to do is, if the user types in a name into one of these
> cells, and the ‘name’ already exists as a name, it will return a pop up
> box error telling them to choose a different name and ‘End’ my name
> naming ‘Sub’
>
> Cheers.
> Kevin.
>

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

I used this, which is what you suggested inside of a Sub. It gives a
compile error Variable not defined on the first «Target»

My plan was to insert this code in before my other code that creates
the name. To do the check prior to creating the name.

Dim nm As name
On Error Resume Next
Set nm = thisworkbooks.Names(Target.Value)
On Error GoTo 0
If Not nm Is Nothing Then
MsgBox «Name » & Target.Value & » already exists»
Exit Sub
End If

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

> it will do a worksheet change event,

Target is defined in a worksheet change event. Using code to check if the
name exists anywhere else would not seem consistent with the functionality
you described?

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

«Kevin O’Neill» wrote in message
news:1132156730.661911.299610@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com.
> Hey Tom
>
> I used this, which is what you suggested inside of a Sub. It gives a
> compile error Variable not defined on the first «Target»
>
> My plan was to insert this code in before my other code that creates
> the name. To do the check prior to creating the name.
>
> Sub checknames()
>
> Dim nm As name
> On Error Resume Next
> Set nm = thisworkbooks.Names(Target.Value)
> On Error GoTo 0
> If Not nm Is Nothing Then
> MsgBox «Name » & Target.Value & » already exists»
> Exit Sub
> End If
>
> End Sub
>

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

Hey Tom, that would be very true. Being as new as I am to to VBA, that
didn’t cross my mind (1st proj. ever. ) I suppose the easiest way is
to just show you all the code. This worksheet change event is triggered
when an «add» button is hit, and creats 4 rows worth of info, 1 of the
cells in 4 rows is the ‘name’ to be added and checked.

Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)

Dim myrow&, myCol&
myrow = Target.Row
myCol = Target.Column

If myrow > 0 And myrow 0 And myCol

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

Hey Tom, that would be very true. Being as new as I am to to VBA, that
didn’t cross my mind (1st proj. ever. ) I suppose the easiest way is
to just show you all the code. This worksheet change event is triggered
when an «add» button is hit, and creats 4 rows worth of info, 1 of the
cells in 4 rows is the ‘name’ to be added and checked.

As of now, I get a ‘variable not defined’ on «thisworkbooks» is that
too suppose to be passed?

Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)

Dim myrow&, myCol&
myrow = Target.Row
myCol = Target.Column

If myrow > 0 And myrow 0 And myCol

Re: Error if ‘name’ already exists

thisworkbooks is a typo on my part. it should be ThisWorkbook (singular)

Since the proposed name is held in MyValue, then we should use that instead
of target.

Since your code appears to have nothing to do with the cell that is being
changed other than to run if there is any change in A1 to CV100. Then it
seems like you will get many messages for every run after the first time.
Not sure the Change event is where you want this, but you know what your
doing and I don’t.

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