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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Sean M <smc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I'm having a hard time finding a solution to this issue and I'm hoping > someone > with more Excel/VBA knowledge than my novice self can offer some > suggestions. > Every week I receive a new Excel file that has information I would like to > consolidate to a separate "Overall" Excel file. For example, I will get a > new > spreadsheet every week (named XXXXX_"Year"-"Month"-"Day".xlsx) with data > as > follows: > > *Weekly File* > > *Color* *x* *x* *Category 1* *x* *Category 2* *Quantity* Yellow N/A > N/A A1 N/A L 2 Yellow N/A N/A A2 N/A R 6 Yellow N/A N/A A1 N/A R 4 > Yellow N/A N/A A2 N/A R 1 Green N/A N/A B2 N/A L 3 Green N/A N/A B2 N/A > L 0 Green N/A N/A B1 N/A L 4 Green N/A N/A B1 N/A R 9 Blue N/A N/A C1 > N/A L 8 Blue N/A N/A C2 N/A R 5 Blue N/A N/A C2 N/A R 1 Blue N/A N/A C1 > N/A L 3 > > > > > > > > > > > and I would like to create a macro that will update my "Overall" Excel > file with the new values each week in the following format: > > > > > > *"Overall" File* > > > > > > > *Color* *Category 2* *Category 1* *6/20/2014* *6/27/2014* *7/4/2014* > Yellow L A1 2 > > Yellow R A1 4 > > Yellow R A2 7 > > Green L B1 4 > > Green L B2 3 > > Green R B1 9 > > Blue L C1 11 > > Blue R C2 6 > > > > > > > > > > > > > The list of colors was too long to list here, so I made the example > smaller for simplicity. I'm guessing the format will be the same. Right now > I am consolidating and entering the quantity values by hand and would > really like to automate the process a bit with a macro button or anything > else I may not even know about yet. I have found that Pivot Tables do the > consolidating pretty well, but I am not sure how to update the "Overall" > file using values from a new spreadsheet each week without having to create > a new Pivot Table for each new file. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated! > > > Best, > Sean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s > =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ > https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > FORUM RULES > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice > will not get quick attention or may not be answered. > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. > 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. > > NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and > members are not responsible for any loss. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
