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Hyperlink does not update when manually changing the date within the URL

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Managing hyperlinks in Excel can be challenging, especially when dealing with dynamic date parameters. If you're finding that manually updating the date in the URL doesn't reflect in the hyperlink, it may be due to Excel's caching behavior. To streamline your process, consider using Power Query. This tool allows you to transform and load data without the need for cumbersome URL management.

I have a hyperlink to a web site that is 425-450 characters depending on the account. I have issues.

The dates inside the URL change based on month so I cannot hard code the URL in the cell, even though this gets around the function's 255 character limitation when I click on the link.

I hard coded the date to April in the URL and it worked, giving me the April data webpage. However, I then did a find/replace to change the date parameters to March dates then clicked on the link, I still got the April data webpage, even though the URL in the Excel cell had March dates.

If I choose to hard coded URL and find/replace the dates, how can I make the URL in the Excel cell update to the new date parameters? The webpage did update to March when I clicked on the cell then pressed F2 then click on the link, but I don't want to have to do that for 300 lines.

Or, can I use Power Query to help me still use the Hyperlink function, so that the cell only displays the Account number and still work on the ridiculously long URLs?

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