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johnsonthermalmike
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Mar 19, 2021

Help Extracting Data From Excel Workbooks

Hi, 

 

I'm an excel amateur and have task I need help accomplishing some advice. 

 

My company uses an excel workbook to produce custom quotes for our clients. Each workbook individually is saved in the individual quote folder. I need to pull specific cell data from 2 worksheets from each quote workbook into a single workbook. This data isn't saved in a table format. There are probably 300-400 workbooks I need to extract this data from, but am really looking to work with 100-150 of the workbooks to start. 

 

The data needed in each workbook is not saved in a table format, but in random cells on the 2 sheets. Here is the list of the cells I need information from:

 

Cell ValueWorksheet Name
O8Quote
O10Quote
O13Quote
I8Quote
M31Quote
O15Quote
O15Quote
J8Quote
K9Quote
K10Quote
H18Quote
H33Quote
H37Quote
F3Quote
F4Quote
B7Sales Info
I7

Sales Info

 

What would be the best way to try and consolidate all of the data from those cells from each quote workbook into one master workbook with set table columns. 

 

I'm not sure what other information is needed for a possible solution. But, feel free to ask any questions and I will answer the best I can. 

 

1 Reply

  • Best way is to use Power Query, you can easily get all the data from all the workbook located in the same folder, transform data as you like and create a combined table which can be used for creating pivot tables and graphics.

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