can you please help me maybe with basic question about refering to changing data in excel on the other sheet?
The thing is: I have a vlookup in Sheet 2 and in the Sheet 1 I import data from txt.
For every new instance I delete data in Sheet 1 and import new data to the same sheet.
After I do this - Excel stops to work and shows error in reference, because the data is previous data is missing.
But I want to preserve the same references such as A1, B2, etc. together with new imported data.
Thank you for your help.
Barbora
To avoid creating reference errors, clear the contents of the cells, rather than deleting the actual rows, columns, and / or cells...
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I am just a beginner in VBA. I am trying to copy some data from one workbook that is updated daily to a master woorkbook and generate a report. I want it to first filter one of the columns for nonzero values and copy it with three selected columns for example columns T,C,N. I have looked everywhere for an answer but I haven't succeeded yet. Please help.
You can check if a given cell has value 0 by something like this If Sheets(sheetname).Cells(rownumber,columnnumber)=0 Then
You haven't specified what do you want to do on the other workbooks with the cells that were empty.
I have gone through V-look-up guides online but I can not find one that explains what I am looking for. I am trying to avoid manual checking.
What I have:
Two sheets, Sheet 1 and Sheet 2. Both sheets have the same column names (A1:G1) with multiple rows.
Sheet 1 contains my spreadsheet where I update daily. Sheet 2 is the same spreadsheet that is imported from a application (but has hourly updates). Data can change in each row (for some columns) along with additional added/deleted rows. The data is text, dates and numbers (mixture of both too).
I want to run a formula to highlight the changes on sheet 1 (grabbing the updates from sheet 2. Once I find out the formula works correctly, I would like to know how to replace the Sheet 2 updates onto my spreadsheet (Sheet 1).
I am looking for a formula outside of creating a macro (worst case scenario).
Currently I have the following vlook up formula:
=VLOOKUP(A1,sheet2!$A:$A,1,FALSE)
When I run this in another column (lets say in H1 in Sheet 1), it will display "N/A" if that column (A1) in Sheet 2 is not the same. If it is the same, it will write out the column name.
When I use the following formula highlighting all the cells in Sheet 1, I get a values error:
=VLOOKUP(A1:G33,Sheet2!$A:$G,1,FALSE)
How could I apply that formula to the whole spreadsheet (I guess it would apply to both sheets) and have it highlight records in my spreadsheet (Sheet1). Could it also highlight rows that are missing or added?
The data in Column 1 and 2 would never change (they are ticket numbers). Only change that can apply is if ticket is closed, so when I import the updated spreadsheet that row isn't there anymore. If you think there might be a better way to tackle this down, I would like to hear.
Please let me know if I am not clear.
Here are some example screenshots:
Just in case, the formula for the totals are (adjusting the columns for each):
=SUBTOTAL(3,INDEX(C:C,2):INDEX(C:C,ROW()-1))
Sheet 2 is setup very similar. When I import it into excel, the columns are the exact same as Sheet 1, the only difference can be more/less rows (along with the updates for each row).
You can use conditional formatting.
I have an original excel file that I have ran a simulation that inputs financial data. I made a copy of this file, and wired the formulas up differently to try and increase calculation performances.
I now have 2 workbooks, the original and the final. I want to compare each sheet from each of the workbooks together to make sure that the financial numbers have remained the same, to make sure the new formulas are not effecting the numbers received.
I have tried to put copies of the two sheets into one workbook, name them April12 and April15. Then insert a third sheet. In cell A1 of the third sheet, I wanted to use the formula
=April12!A1=April15!A1
to get TRUE/FALSE values. But the formulas in these sheets reference many other sheets that are not in this new workbook, so all of my numbers turn up as #REF.
Iv googled many different ways of approaching this but I cant seem to get any of them to work. Does anyone know a simple way I can compare just the values from 2 sheets from 2 different workbooks to find out if the numbers have remained the same or have changed?
Note:I am using excel 2010.
I think you already know how to verify data using formula so is the problem to refer to a row in a different workbook ? if so, following might be helpful :
=[yourFile.xls]SheetName!$Col$Row
this way you can update your formula like(yourFile.xls refers to the complete path including the file name) :
=[file1.xls]April12!A1=[file2.xls]April15!A1
I have an Excel spreadsheet with two sheets, Sheet 1 contains some text and formulas I wish to duplicate down to write 2,000 odd lines of C# code for my project. Extremely repetitive, so I thought I could use Excel to write it for me. Sheet 2 contains an extract from my database which I wish to use to populate that values with. My section of Excel code looks like this and is spread out over 10 rows and 5 columns:
new AccountingPeriod()
{
MonthCovered="=Sheet2!B2",
StartDate=DateTime.Parse("Sheet2!C2"),
EndDate=DateTime.Parse("Sheet2!D2"),
AccountingPeriodDescription="Sheet2!E2",
Active='=Sheet2!F2',
April='=Sheet2!G2,
TaxYear="Sheet2!H2"
},
When I highlight these 10 rows and use the Excel duplicate tool I want the cell references (for example, in my spreadsheet Sheet1!D3 = Sheet2!B2, I want Sheet1!D13 = Sheet2!B3 NOT Sheet2!B13) to increment by 1, not 10 as it's doing in my spreadsheet.
We have tried an alternative solution of writing a macro to insert 10 blank rows in Sheet2 for every populated row so that the duplicated references are correct in Sheet1 but we're currently failing miserably at getting that to work correctly.
Instead of a direct reference that is going to change on a 1-to-1 with the copy, use the INDEX function with a little maths to achieve the 10-to-1 row stagger.
In Sheet1!D3 this references Sheet2!B2.
=INDEX(Sheet2!B:B,INT(ROW(1:1)/10)+2)
In Sheet1!D13 this references Sheet2!B3.
The OFFSET function can accomplish the same thing but it is a volatile function that recalculates whenever anything in the workbook changes. INDEX provides the same functionality while remaining non-volatile and will only recalculate when something that affects its returned value changes.
I've got two workbooks 1. MonthlyStats and 2. WeeklyStats
I'm looking to copy all non-empty cells there are in 'Sheet1' of 'WeeklyStats' to 'SheetX' of 'MonthlyStats'. The copied data should be inserted as new rows from the last entry in 'SheetX'.
Also, is it possible that the script asks me which row to start inserting data from? That'd be great!
Thanks in advance for your help!
PS:
I'm using Excel 2010
There are no conditions on what to copy from Sheet1 of WeeklyStats. All rows with data in it should be copied over.
I personally find the best way to learn VBA is to search and try different codes in order to solve a problem. For your problem, maybe try read the post here:
Copy and Paste a set range in the next empty row
You can then use For each sheet loop to copy weekly stats from different sheets to the monthly stats sheet. Hope it helps
Regarding the question copy non blank cells, try
Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Select
Selection.copy