Sheet Copy/Rename VBA Error

[agentkramr]

i have a workbook that populates data from an Oracle database.
With my VBA i am trying to refresh the workbook , copy that page to a network workbook and then name the tab in the network workbook to todays date
i am using AI1 to hold my value of todays date using a custom format of (mmm Dd)

Sub CB_Copy()
'Refresh Workbook
Workbooks("My Workbook").RefreshAll
'Open a workbook

  'Open method requires full file path to be referenced.
  Workbooks.Open \\server\Shares\Folder\Sales\_Nightly Reports\2022 Nightly Reports\2022 2 Week Counts\2022 2 Week Count1.xlsx
 
  Workbooks("My Workbook.xlsm").Activate
 
  Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Copy After:=Workbooks("2022 2 Week Count1.xlsx").Sheets(Workbooks("2022 2 Week Count1.xlsx").Sheets.Count)
    ActiveSheet.Range("A1:AC84").Copy
    ActiveSheet.Range("A1:AC84").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
    'ActiveSheet.Shapes("Rectangle: Rounded Corners 1").Delete
    'ActiveSheet.Shapes("Rectangle: Rounded Corners 2").Delete
    Dim Val As String
    Val = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value
        ActiveSheet.Name = Val
    'Columns("AF:AI").Delete

    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    ActiveWorkbook.Close
End Sub

I get an error
"You typed an invalid name for a sheet or chart. Make sure that:

• The name that you type does not exceed 31 charaters
• The name does not contain any of the following characters: \ / ? * [ or ]
• You dod not leave the name blank

if it hit debug it goes to the line ActiveSheet.Namer = Val

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Joe4]

Firstly, "Val" is a reserved word (words of existing functions, methods, properties, etc).
You should NEVER used reserved words like "Val" as the names of your variables, procedures, or functions, as that can lead to errors and unexpected results.

So try this update:

    Dim MyVal As String
    MyVal = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value
    MsgBox MyVal
    ActiveSheet.Name = MyVal

If you still get the error, tell us exactly what the MsgBox returns.
If it works now, you can get rid of the MsgBox.

 

[agentkramr]

Firstly, "Val" is a reserved word (words of existing functions, methods, properties, etc).
You should NEVER used reserved words like "Val" as the names of your variables, procedures, or functions, as that can lead to errors and unexpected results.

So try this update:

    Dim MyVal As String
    MyVal = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value
    MsgBox MyVal
    ActiveSheet.Name = MyVal

If you still get the error, tell us exactly what the MsgBox returns.
If it works now, you can get rid of the MsgBox.

i had no idea about the val was "reserved" thank you for the insight. i am sort of new to the whole macro thing so still learning the ins and outs.
here is a screen cap of the message box

 

[agentkramr]

Firstly, "Val" is a reserved word (words of existing functions, methods, properties, etc).
You should NEVER used reserved words like "Val" as the names of your variables, procedures, or functions, as that can lead to errors and unexpected results.

So try this update:

    Dim MyVal As String
    MyVal = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value
    MsgBox MyVal
    ActiveSheet.Name = MyVal

If you still get the error, tell us exactly what the MsgBox returns.
If it works now, you can get rid of the MsgBox.

its is still erroring out with the previous error as well

 

[Joe4]

Its exactly what the error message is telling you. You cannot name your sheet "3/10/2022", as "/" are invalid characters for worksheet names.

Might I suggest using "-" instead of "/", so the sheet is named "3-10-2022"?
To do that, change this line:

    MyVal = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value

to this:

    MyVal = Format(Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1"),"m-d-yyyy")

 

[agentkramr]

Its exactly what the error message is telling you. You cannot name your sheet "3/10/2022", as "/" are invalid characters for worksheet names.

Might I suggest using "-" instead of "/", so the sheet is named "3-10-2022"?
To do that, change this line:

    MyVal = Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1").Value

to this:

    MyVal = Format(Sheets("2018 1 Hour Counts").Range("AI1"),"m-d-yyyy")

Works like a charm i changed the date format to mmm dd since i want 3 char abbrev and day. thank you so much !

 

[Joe4]

You are welcome!