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Sab
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Get data from multiple Excel file having multiple Worksheets

Hello,

I know how to get data from multiple workbooks and also from multiple worksheets WITHIN ONE workbook. But I cannot do that when there are multiple excel files with multiple worksheets...

 

I have created parameters and everything looks OKDatatech - Power Query Editor.jpg

 

But when I expand ALL_Workbooks it gets data from first file only AND reads the first file 3 times. So instead of reading each file 1 time, it reads first file 3 times!!!

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Sab

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Thank you for your replies. 

 

The problem is a bit more complicated than in the example from the video because sheets contain Pivoted data with dates in column headers, and every file/sheet has different Dates (cloumn headers), therefore I cannot use the first row of any of the sheets as header. 

 

Still trying to figure out a solution with Functions and parameters...

 

😞 😞 😞

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Hi,

 

I solved this problem by creating two parameters, one that holds file name and the other one that holds sheetname. Lots of effort on this one but it was worth because I learned some interesting stuff.

 

thanks again

Sab

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ImkeF
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Could it be that the parameter in your function is ignored?

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Thank you for your replies. 

 

The problem is a bit more complicated than in the example from the video because sheets contain Pivoted data with dates in column headers, and every file/sheet has different Dates (cloumn headers), therefore I cannot use the first row of any of the sheets as header. 

 

Still trying to figure out a solution with Functions and parameters...

 

😞 😞 😞

Hi,

 

I solved this problem by creating two parameters, one that holds file name and the other one that holds sheetname. Lots of effort on this one but it was worth because I learned some interesting stuff.

 

thanks again

Sab

Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Follow the steps outlined in this video.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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