How can I create a PivotTable from two different excel files. They have the same column names and data types. I tried from the Get & Transform data menu, but without success. Exactly which options
should I use, step-by-step?
Thank you!
Create one Query for each Excel file (Connection Only), then combine those two queries into one new Query which you load into the Data Model...
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I have an XML file generated by EasyPower (electrical software). If I open the file in Excel it comes up as a series of formatted sheets like the image below. It appears this way without any prompts or dialogs.
I’m creating a Power Query routine that can extract the data from the sheets. Unfortunately when I use the Power Query wizard to select the XML file as a source, it doesn’t see the data as sheets, but rather a table with columns of Tables, seemingly an infinite number of levels deep. Digging through them I’m unable to clearly see the data. This is not a very good approach.
A work-around is for me to manually open the XML file with Excel and save it as XLSX, then it’s easy to work with the data in Power Query. I know a VBA script could be used to this but my question is, is there a way for Power Query to open an XML file and interpret the layout the same way that Excel does? This way would allow my script to also work within Power BI.
Edit: A sample file has been requested. This link will provide a very simple example containing two worksheets when opened in Excel. EasyPower_Test_Schedule.xml
So I have 4,000 spreadsheets that contains data arranged with the same set of columns inside. Instead of opening each spreadsheet, copying all data and combine into one spreasheet. Is there a faster way to do it? I tried it in wordstat and ASAP utilities but it doesnt have that feature.
You can use Power Query to combine the files. That is:
On the Data tab
Get & Transform Data
Get Data
From File
From Folder
Then follow the wizard.
I have 1000 excel workbooks and I have to summarize data in one excel workbook. Each workbook consists of data of one property (id of property, region, market value etc.) In the summary workbook I want to insert in a column the id of property and automatically search across the file of workbooks and insert the value for its region, market value etc.
Thanks
I am going to first assume that there is some structure to the workbooks you are discussing, for example all market value workbooks are the same but only the data is different. it would also be great if they were in different folders and if they were named in a consistent way.
This is only an example with links to different content that will help solve your problem. Your question is too vague and does not provide me with specific enough information to provide exact solution.
Combining records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSQwZ1d3b1g&list=PLrRPvpgDmw0m3ohSvgwoHvd0KO8QsQdiK&index=5&t=0s
Merge Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F7v6YvnsiY&list=PLrRPvpgDmw0m3ohSvgwoHvd0KO8QsQdiK&index=6
Pivot Table Slicer for summary reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgt7SdrYJqg
Your best bet would be to use the power query feature to combine data from workbooks inside a folder
From DATA TAB -> Select GET DATA drop down from Get & Transform ribbon -> From File -> From Folder.
You should be able to combine all the workbooks in folder If your problem is simple.
If each workbook has multiple pages of info and the pages differ then you will need to create a custom function in power query to handle this issue.
If workbooks are all in one folder then you will need to run power query multiple times per condition and use a filter with power query assuming that the files have some kind of organized naming convention.
Once you have combined files and cleaned up the data you should be able to combine the records.
You will do this using the power query feature merge feature.
From DATA TAB -> Select GET DATA drop down from Get & Transform ribbon -> Combine Queries -> Merge.
Once records are all merged you should be able to have your final table and use a pivot table to give you the option to select ID with filters or pivot table slicers so that you can have the summary report by ID going across all the workbooks like you wanted.
If anything is unclear please provide more info so i can help you specifically
I have an Excel 2016 with 30 graphs based on PowerPivot. PowerPivot fetches the data from another Excel sheet, but I want it to get the data from a SQL server table instead.
How can I change the data source type in PowerPivot? I've tried looking in the Excel xml without any luck. Would be a lot of work re-creating all graphs over again just to switch data source
Thanks
Dennis
One suggestion I would make for the future, if all the users are using 2016 is to use Power Query which comes standard with that version of excel. In the Power Query loading data into Power Pivot scenario, all Power Pivot cares about is the column names. This means that the query can be changed between data source types without causing issues, as long as the same column names are changed.
As an example, I have one file that based on a parameter flag rips data out of a series of excel files on a shared network drive or Share Point. Both of which would be different data sources. The first opening a folder as the data source, then excel files listed within the folder. The other opening a share point list as its data source, then navigating though excel files.
I have about 100 workbooks with a table in each workbook. Each table contains the same fields, but with different data. I am looking for an efficient way to consolidate all these tables into one Table on one excel workbook using PowerPivot. Is this possible?
Your solution is with Power Query. You simply have to go to Data tab -> New Query -> From File -> From Folder, and select the folder which contains all your excel files.
From there, click on Edit and this will bring you to the Power Query interface, where you can join all the files together. This video is an excellent guide to achieving this. If done right you should have them all combined in minutes.
Once everything is combined in Power Query, you can easily load the data into Power Pivot.