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Nasir1315
Aug 18, 2022Copper Contributor
Consolidating Multiple Excel Files Using Power Query
Hi There,
I am trying to consolidate multiple excel files into one master template using Power Query. The data is prepared in a table format and headings are aligned. In nature, the data is a budget from different departments/areas which requires to be consolidated without the manual process of copy-pasting.
The challenge here is, that the data is has chapters and sub-chapters and it cannot be easily appended as we need to certain chapters to be combined. For example, the employee chapters from all the 3 area hubs need to be combined into a single heading called 'Employee cost'. The same applies to other headings.
Most examples I have seen on Youtube are using simple tables that are easy to combine. I wonder if there is a certain way to combine data of different excel files with numerous headings and sub-headings with quite a number of blank spaces, yet once combined we need the format and master excel layout to remain the same.
Attached are the 3 excel files I am trying to append/combine. Your swift support is highly appreciated.
Best,
Mohamed
- Nasir1315Copper ContributorI couldn't attach the files as the attachment option isn't available. Please help!