Excel - Consolidate
If you have several data sources but the data structure is more or less same. Then you can use "Consolidate" tool to merge multiple data sources into one. Now imagine you own 3 stores, which sells more or less same items, and you have the quarterly sales data for the last year. Data of Store 1: Data of Store 2: Data of Store 3: Notice that the column headers are same, however, the row headers are not same across the 3 stores. 1. Open all the 3 workbooks containing the sales data of 3 stores. 2. Open a new workbook. Then Click Data > Consolidate Note: If data of the 3 stores are in separate worksheets of the same workbook, then you can just work in this Workbook. No need to create a new workbook. 3. Select "Sum" since we want to add up the sales amount 4. In the "Reference" field, go to the workbook and select the data range, then click "Add". Do it for store 1, 2 and 3. Check "Top row" and "Left column". This makes sure tha...