Combining 200 spreadsheets.

Syntyr · Apr 4th, 2002, 09:20 AM

Here is a doozy!

I am being asked if there is a method to automatically combine 200 spreadhseets. They are all the same spreadsheet. They are copies sent out to collect data. The spreadsheets come back weekly. They can be named whatever I want. Is there a way to build a macro or software I can buy or services I can buy to build something that will with as few key strokes as possible combine all of these spreadsheets into one? They all need to be on the same page so that I can save them as a CSV file. Thats my ultimate goal is to get all of them into one CSV file so that I can import them into a SQL server database.

Thanks

Tom Schreiner · Apr 4th, 2002, 09:33 AM

Email me a sample sheet.
You said they were all the same.
I just wrote some code for a guy in the insurance industry who needed the same thing, except these were field audits.
He dropped his sheets into one directory and one click to update his database.
Should work the same for you with a little editing.
Tom
TsTom@hotmail.com

Yogi Anand · Apr 4th, 2002, 09:42 AM

Tom's offered you a VBA solution -- have you however looked into DATA|CONSOLIDATE ... that gives you a non-macro solution!

Syntyr · Apr 8th, 2002, 12:05 PM

Tom,

Thanks I will Email you 2 of the sheets.

Al Chara · Apr 8th, 2002, 12:37 PM

Download the ASAP addin
http://asap-utilities.com/

Syntyr · Apr 8th, 2002, 01:54 PM

Yogi,

I have looked through the DATA|CONSOLIDATE function and cant figure out how it would work. All teh refrence function seem to me with the current spreadsheet only. I may be dense and just not seeing it...

Thanks

Apr 8th, 2002, 12:37 PM	#5
Al Chara MrExcel MVP Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Monterrey, Mexico Posts: 1,433	Download the ASAP addin http://asap-utilities.com/ __________________ Kind regards, Al Chara

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Apr 4th, 2002, 09:20 AM	#1
Syntyr New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3	Here is a doozy! I am being asked if there is a method to automatically combine 200 spreadhseets. They are all the same spreadsheet. They are copies sent out to collect data. The spreadsheets come back weekly. They can be named whatever I want. Is there a way to build a macro or software I can buy or services I can buy to build something that will with as few key strokes as possible combine all of these spreadsheets into one? They all need to be on the same page so that I can save them as a CSV file. Thats my ultimate goal is to get all of them into one CSV file so that I can import them into a SQL server database. Thanks

Apr 4th, 2002, 09:33 AM	#2
Tom Schreiner Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,824	Email me a sample sheet. You said they were all the same. I just wrote some code for a guy in the insurance industry who needed the same thing, except these were field audits. He dropped his sheets into one directory and one click to update his database. Should work the same for you with a little editing. Tom TsTom@hotmail.com

Apr 4th, 2002, 09:42 AM	#3
Yogi Anand MrExcel MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan USA Posts: 11,452	Tom's offered you a VBA solution -- have you however looked into DATA\|CONSOLIDATE ... that gives you a non-macro solution!

Apr 8th, 2002, 12:05 PM	#4
Syntyr New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3	Tom, Thanks I will Email you 2 of the sheets.

Apr 8th, 2002, 01:54 PM	#6
Syntyr New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3	Yogi, I have looked through the DATA\|CONSOLIDATE function and cant figure out how it would work. All teh refrence function seem to me with the current spreadsheet only. I may be dense and just not seeing it... Thanks