Excel - COLUMN Function Problem - Expert Solution

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I need to automatically extract a sheet from muliple workbooks into a combined workbook with all sheets. Then I need a formula to add up each column from all the sheets
Solved by C. J. in 15 mins
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User 10/09/2018 - 12:19
ok
User 10/09/2018 - 12:19
its greyed out
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:19
Hekko
User 10/09/2018 - 12:20
you have team viewer?
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:20
Sorry for the typo... Hello
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:20
no we will need to work through the chat
User 10/09/2018 - 12:20
ok
User 10/09/2018 - 12:21
POS system - generates daily report of sales every day into excel workbook with two spreadsheets
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:21
Can you please elborate on the excel problem?
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:21
ok...
User 10/09/2018 - 12:21
so I will have approximately 30 sheets per month
User 10/09/2018 - 12:22
* sorry
User 10/09/2018 - 12:22
30 workbooks per month
User 10/09/2018 - 12:22
with 2 worksheets in each one
User 10/09/2018 - 12:22
I need to extract sales data from one column
User 10/09/2018 - 12:22
so I have combined total for the month of sales
User 10/09/2018 - 12:23
Maybe a lookupsum formula?
User 10/09/2018 - 12:23
or extract and combine the worksheets into a single excel book and run formula?
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:23
Can you share a sample workbook?
User 10/09/2018 - 12:24
[Uploaded an Excel file]
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:24
i belive the format of each workbook from the POS system is same..
User 10/09/2018 - 12:26
so each day creates one of those sheets
User 10/09/2018 - 12:26
I need to get monthly totals
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:28
Combining all the data and building a monthly total cannot be done via formula...
User 10/09/2018 - 12:28
macro?
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:28
we will need to build a macro for extracting the data into a common excel
User 10/09/2018 - 12:28
ok
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:29
and then build necessary formula..
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:29
are you familiar with macro?
User 10/09/2018 - 12:29
no
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:30
We do not support creating macro on this portal.. as this takes lot of time to have it built..
User 10/09/2018 - 12:30
who can build it?
User 10/09/2018 - 12:31
happy to pay if required just want to know how much first
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:32
On this portal.. we only support excel formula and graph.. problem..
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:32
i wouldnt be able to tell from where you could get this build..
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:34
Since this excel problem needs Macro based solution.. I have marked the session as DONE..
User 10/09/2018 - 12:34
ok
Excelchat Expert 10/09/2018 - 12:34
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