Unable to set excel VBA worksheet variable

Question

I am trying to set a source worksheet variable to a target worksheet variable in another workbook(DataSource1.xlsx) with the purpose of eventually using it to read the target wo

Answer 1

If the workbook is already opened, you need to refer to it by name without path:

Set source = Workbooks("DataSource1.xlsx").Sheets("Sheet1")

If the workbook is not opened yet, you need to open it first:

Set source = Workbooks.Open(ThisWorkbook.path & "\DataSource1.xlsx").Sheets("Sheet1")