Easiest way to COMBINE Multiple Excel Files into ONE (Append data from Folder)

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In this detailed tutorial, you'll learn how to consolidate data from multiple files using Get & Transform (Power Query) in Microsoft Excel. This process is invaluable when you need to gather and analyze data spread across various files. Perfect for those who regularly handle data in Excel, our video guides you through each step, ensuring you can efficiently combine information without the hassle.
This is the easiest way to combine multiple Excel files from a folder into one Workbook and create a table or a a pivot table report based on the consolidated data.
🔗 What You'll Learn:
▪️ Setting Up Power Query: Learn to connect Power Query to a folder containing multiple Excel files.
▪️ Filtering and Cleaning Data: Discover how to filter out unnecessary files and clean up your data for accurate analysis.
▪️ Combining Data: Understand how to merge data from different files into one comprehensive dataset.
▪️ Creating PivotTables or Excel Tables: See how to transform your consolidated data into a PivotTable or a standard Excel table for further analysis.
00:00 Consolidate Data from Multiple Excel Files
01:28 Get & Transform Data From Multiple Files in a Folder
02:37 Merge and Append Data in Power Query
05:55 Clean Data in Power Query
07:10 Load Data as PivotTable to Excel
09:21 Load Data as Table to Excel
09:53 Wrap Up
Many of us send out templates to colleagues and are later faced with the challenge to somehow consolidate multiple Excel files. To append the data into a single Excel workbook can be quite a troublesome and lengthy process.
Sure, a solution for this has always been Excel VBA. But learning VBA takes time and it can be too difficult for a lot Excel users.
In this tutorial, I'll show you a much easier approach! We'll use Excel Get and Transform aka Power Query to combine data from multiple Excel workbooks. We will directly connect to a folder that contains the files and use the feature Combine Files in Power Query. Any time you drop an Excel file in that folder, the data will be appended and consolidated with the rest. You can then create one Excel table for the appended data or create a pivot table from the multiple Excel files.
The best part about using Power Query to merge data from Excel files is that you don't need to write any code! You just need to click a few buttons to append the data from the files.
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  • @LeilaGharani
    @LeilaGharani4 жыл бұрын

    Get access to the complete Excel Power Query course HERE: www.xelplus.com/course/excel-power-query/

  • @xalidmlikov7322

    @xalidmlikov7322

    3 жыл бұрын

    How to import live data excel to spreadsheet? Please help me

  • @xalidmlikov7322

    @xalidmlikov7322

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @xalidmlikov7322

    @xalidmlikov7322

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please help me

  • @sustianrubel1808

    @sustianrubel1808

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wanna learn excel from basic to advance in a sequent. What playlist should I follow?

  • @GiteshBajaj

    @GiteshBajaj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can we import data from one drive folder insted of local computer folder.

  • @wolfstream1
    @wolfstream1 Жыл бұрын

    I love the way you explain and turn complex matters into easy ones. You have a very good syntax, perfect diction and a very comfortable voice tone. Excellent in all levels. Thank you!

  • @shadrackawunyo7786
    @shadrackawunyo77864 жыл бұрын

    Leila!!!!! You are a gifted instructed. This video was loaded last week but I was not really enthused to watch. The reason is I have some knowledge on this subject already and do apply them often. I decided to watch it today and was blown out. You have an amazing way of teaching even familiar subjects clear enough to impact further knowledge and deeper understanding. I am definitely signing up for your PQ course

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's great! I'm happy to hear that.

  • @alexandriav3956
    @alexandriav3956 Жыл бұрын

    I will forever go to your videos first when it comes to anything Excel related! I even watched your video on the Bing Chat and loved it! You're an amazing teacher and make your videos easy to follow and understand.

  • @syairol
    @syairol4 жыл бұрын

    I use to append by individual files. Its time consuming. This is a life saving solution. Append by folder. Thanks Leila. You're truly a excel gem

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @phamhuyson1988
    @phamhuyson19882 жыл бұрын

    Perfect! Everytime I got trouble, searching google and reach your video, my solution was there. I must love you Leila!

  • @hayleymcmillan7581
    @hayleymcmillan75813 жыл бұрын

    This was so useful Leila. Thank you for putting it together!

  • @randomsde4390
    @randomsde43903 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Everything is exactly what I need!

  • @Morgenj
    @Morgenj2 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy coming back to your videos if I need a refresher. You're an absolute superstar

  • @Oprimaita
    @Oprimaita4 жыл бұрын

    Great teacher as usual ! Thanks a lot again and again !

  • @tabban218
    @tabban2183 жыл бұрын

    Learned a lot from this as a beginner, thanks Leila

  • @waseemriaz4486
    @waseemriaz44863 жыл бұрын

    You are absolutely amazing. Your work is highly commendable.

  • @myprovenacademy
    @myprovenacademy4 жыл бұрын

    Leila is an awesome trainer. This looks like powerBI implementations tool

  • @Hurairahgiri

    @Hurairahgiri

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're right. Both Excel and Power BI have the same Load & Transform Data tool.

  • @sazopro
    @sazopro Жыл бұрын

    You saved my life today! thank you so much! I'm a beginner in Excel and had work to do with a bunch of workbooks. Power Query made it easy!

  • @joescanlonh1365
    @joescanlonh13654 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for this exact tutorial, to combine non table formatted data sets from multiple file with bare cells above the excel data headers. This will save me so much time, Thank you so much. Cheers!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad to help Joe!

  • @yossibagdadi2056
    @yossibagdadi20563 жыл бұрын

    Amazing and very useful tutorial. Thank you!

  • @hanssoo8566
    @hanssoo85663 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this useful clip!

  • @Erethras
    @Erethras Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I had watched this video a million times, but finally came in handy at work. It has saved me so much time.

  • @JuanHernandez-ij5dc
    @JuanHernandez-ij5dc Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Very straightforward and helpful!🙂

  • @ltumanyan1980
    @ltumanyan19803 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, it was really helpful!!!

  • @ryanmiguelsantiago
    @ryanmiguelsantiago4 жыл бұрын

    As always, practical and great example. Thank you!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @CJAKS1
    @CJAKS1 Жыл бұрын

    This is the best video on KZread that explains how to do this. Thankyou for this!

  • @stephenstephen8660
    @stephenstephen8660 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual Leila. You're the best! Thanks!!

  • @Noelito40
    @Noelito402 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained! This video purported to explain exactly what I needed to do!...and it did! Thank you.

  • @jeanpoulin8787
    @jeanpoulin87874 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, the Power Query course is coming!!!! I just can't wait to learn it from you Leila!!!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sure is! I'm very excited. 😘

  • @aleksanderdvanajscak3472
    @aleksanderdvanajscak34724 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for giving us your knowledge. You're a great teacher. Excel is great!😁💪

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that Aleksander!

  • @mathewinmuscat
    @mathewinmuscat3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial, Thanks Leila.

  • @stevenock2722
    @stevenock27223 жыл бұрын

    This was a lifesaver. So well explained. I’m in for the course.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear that, Steve!

  • @weiloong2
    @weiloong22 жыл бұрын

    Clear and concise Thank you for the guide

  • @jiajiaphotography
    @jiajiaphotography4 жыл бұрын

    I append tables frequently. This will make it much easier. And it's great to know that column order doesn't change how it appends. Thank you so much.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @mattschoular8844
    @mattschoular88444 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila. As always, there's some great info here. Power Query is so powerful!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    It really is!

  • @CANONinDEVIN
    @CANONinDEVIN Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I could not figure out an error encountered after updating a transform sample file, but you addressed it right away w/ removing the "Changed Type" step.

  • @stevennye5075
    @stevennye50753 жыл бұрын

    Excellent content and presentation!

  • @JorgeChang550
    @JorgeChang550 Жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I needed. I've been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to help, Jorge!

  • @SUFTUM_YNWA
    @SUFTUM_YNWA Жыл бұрын

    Amazing. So clear. Thank you.

  • @pgkannan
    @pgkannan4 жыл бұрын

    Awaited one from your end. Thank you.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed it!

  • @pieterkaruniadeo3494
    @pieterkaruniadeo34944 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another knowledge !!!!!

  • @dhanushthakral4737
    @dhanushthakral47374 жыл бұрын

    In love with your teaching and your sweet voice as well.... Enrolled for your excel course.....

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's great! I hope you'll like them.

  • @cathyb2204
    @cathyb22044 жыл бұрын

    Leila, you absolutely blow me away. I had no idea this was even possible.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear that Cathy 😁 Power Query really is Power.

  • @helenasvensson6747
    @helenasvensson67472 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this tutorial! Exactly what I needed! :-)

  • @MrHugawa
    @MrHugawa2 жыл бұрын

    great info, thank you very much.

  • @rafaelnardi4915
    @rafaelnardi4915 Жыл бұрын

    This has solved one big problem I have in my daily tasks. Thank you for the video, you are amazing

  • @kristycarlson1042
    @kristycarlson1042 Жыл бұрын

    You just saved me hours of work! THANK YOU!

  • @saravanansomasundaram2365
    @saravanansomasundaram23653 жыл бұрын

    THANKS A LOT MAM ! VERY HELPFUL & TIME SAVING

  • @gadfly1974
    @gadfly19742 жыл бұрын

    So helpful. Thank you!

  • @NamanArya
    @NamanArya4 жыл бұрын

    Leila, I could understand most of your videos but this one went over the head. Really looking forward to the power query course!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry. In the course we'll start with the basics. It will make it easier to follow along.

  • @user-lg9nk5qb8u
    @user-lg9nk5qb8u Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It worked well

  • @anaru46
    @anaru46 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you - this really helped me alot

  • @harshanaweragama270
    @harshanaweragama2704 жыл бұрын

    Dear Leila, Thank you for many many videos from which i have plenty of excel tips and tricks, and have managed to provide with more professional looking charts. Whilst i have learnt many i saw a beautiful chart with combining a doughnut chat with a bubble next to each slice, where the bubble size changes with the size of the slice. Would appreciate it very much if you could look at how we can do this in excel

  • @Jason-Jason
    @Jason-Jason2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, thank you

  • @kamalakannanj4016
    @kamalakannanj40162 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful lot.. thanks

  • @ohdjrp4
    @ohdjrp44 жыл бұрын

    Aha! I just registered for the alert, once the PQ course is available!

  • @umairarshad8541
    @umairarshad8541 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. You solved my problem. Great!

  • @ScottMoran001
    @ScottMoran0012 жыл бұрын

    Great video Leila, but I have a question. I have 12 individual sheets, each represents a full month sales. Is there a certain way I should name each table or sheet that will work better to represent the data for analysis? Example, should it be Jun-2020 or June 2020 or 07-2020? I've searched online but can't identify a good solution. Any thoughts you have would be much appreciated!

  • @dixitsantosh2
    @dixitsantosh24 жыл бұрын

    Great Leila really helpful.

  • @chh8860
    @chh88604 жыл бұрын

    Terrific topic … perfect presentation … ;)

  • @cdyard1
    @cdyard14 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!

  • @AutopilotAdventures
    @AutopilotAdventures3 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing. Thank you. I googled around for this for months where every example was using VBA until I decided to search youtube and found your channel.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @mohammadashiq9996
    @mohammadashiq99963 жыл бұрын

    All I say leila's Video too good for learner'.and very happy with.

  • @pravinwaghmare6957
    @pravinwaghmare69573 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video

  • @wayneedmondson1065
    @wayneedmondson10653 жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila.. thanks for the video.. great! Looking forward to more transformations inside your new course. Thumbs up!!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope you'll enjoy the course, Wayne!

  • @bujiliubrt
    @bujiliubrt3 жыл бұрын

    Thx, Leila, excellent!

  • @vinayvvalaboju
    @vinayvvalaboju4 ай бұрын

    Very good explanation. Thats helpful. Thanks 👍

  • @rishabhjain6565
    @rishabhjain65652 жыл бұрын

    Your video's quality are always awesome!! Love from INDIA 😍

  • @sachithtillekeratne4915
    @sachithtillekeratne49154 жыл бұрын

    This is just great!!! Thanks Leila

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it!

  • @jmoralesg14
    @jmoralesg143 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Ms. Leila. Thanks a lot to help people to do better their office jobs.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Our pleasure, Jorge!

  • @dunnobe
    @dunnobe4 жыл бұрын

    I've read some interesting articles from Ken Puls on combining VBA and PowerQuery. I wonder to what level Excel can be pushed by combining these 2 great features.

  • @derekbingham486
    @derekbingham486 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video. Life saver for me!

  • @user-st9wr7hr4t
    @user-st9wr7hr4t8 ай бұрын

    Best lectures May she live long with health and wealth too

  • @varunsonu1
    @varunsonu13 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for this

  • @AndrewFroude
    @AndrewFroude3 жыл бұрын

    Yet another awesome tutorial! Thank you.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure, Andrew!

  • @DebbieKinsinger
    @DebbieKinsinger2 ай бұрын

    You helped me overcome the fear and resistance I've had to learning how to use Excel effectively. I didn't even know that Power Query existed, and suddenly a world a pivot tables, grouping, and aggregating opened up where I could easily conquer my problems without even needing to use a formula. I could weep for the years of frustration and struggle seeing how easy you made this for me, in a few minutes. It's not just the easy to follow logic and excellent presentation but also your tone of voice that reassures me at every step that "This is easy I can do it". Thank you.

  • @niranjankumarcoimbatore5842

    @niranjankumarcoimbatore5842

    2 ай бұрын

    nice review....no weep...only sweep victory....

  • @darrylmorgan
    @darrylmorgan4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila!Great Tutorial,Power Query Is Simply Awesome Especially When You Add The Power Of DAX FUNCTIONS Into The Mix..Thank You :)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    So true! The combination is amazing.

  • @woljin

    @woljin

    4 жыл бұрын

    I almost wanted to report you for talking dirty LOL JK

  • @tanandteestation4700
    @tanandteestation47003 жыл бұрын

    Thank, it helps me a lot..

  • @reactionary
    @reactionary4 жыл бұрын

    I just subscribed, partly because i needed much of your excel knowledge, and partly because you are incredibly beautiful.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Welcome aboard :)

  • @khaledseghari1189
    @khaledseghari11893 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial thank you

  • @hwasolo88
    @hwasolo883 жыл бұрын

    Hey Leila..thank you for this tutorial, very helpful! is there any way we can add new blank column in the power query table and, in that blank column, we create a hyperlink to connect to original data sheet? I am making a sort of progress tracking page by consolidating all the tables i have in different sheets so my audience can track their progress from 1 single sheet instead of opening 1 sheet to another. But this consolidated tables are not for them to edit/enter information, i still want them to go back to the individual sheet to update a data. And i want to provide a link to this individual sheet. Could you pls teach me? Thank you.

  • @GND_95
    @GND_953 жыл бұрын

    Thank you a million :)

  • @mjmallari796
    @mjmallari7962 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @buddikasudarman3832
    @buddikasudarman38322 жыл бұрын

    great lecture

  • @purvamirji
    @purvamirji4 жыл бұрын

    You are a genius...Thanks for sharing these tricks with us!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure :)

  • @mummyzara
    @mummyzara2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much.. help simplify repetitive work of combining files.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome 👍

  • @hiteshagarwal1164
    @hiteshagarwal11643 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @ashoksahu9546
    @ashoksahu95464 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video.

  • @WilliamAzevedo
    @WilliamAzevedo Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you and thank you! And before I forget: thank you!!!

  • @tahiryasin3766
    @tahiryasin37664 жыл бұрын

    Nice explanation

  • @zab82a
    @zab82a11 ай бұрын

    Super clear, thank you, nice animation 5 star

  • @venkateshmekala9535
    @venkateshmekala95353 жыл бұрын

    Hey!! thanks very much!! Really it is helped me a lot:)

  • @asmrindia
    @asmrindia3 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice Mam

  • @nonoobott8602
    @nonoobott86024 жыл бұрын

    Very insightful and easy to follow through 👍

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you think so!

  • @graphguy
    @graphguy4 жыл бұрын

    Great functionality! The more you can dispose of VBA the better.

  • @atul001
    @atul0013 жыл бұрын

    This is my first lecture of Leila Gharani. But I am impressed the way she describe and show Power Query

  • @shafeerey170
    @shafeerey1704 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Leila.....

  • @randyb3347
    @randyb33473 жыл бұрын

    EXCELlant! Thanks!

  • @christopheboudnonman7801
    @christopheboudnonman780111 ай бұрын

    You are the best👍

  • @balaguruj3475
    @balaguruj34752 жыл бұрын

    Thank you🙏

  • @YH-gp9hd
    @YH-gp9hd2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I had to pull together a few sale reports for a customer today, had find this tool very useful. However, I might have to practice this a few times to get it to work.

  • @JimFikes
    @JimFikes4 жыл бұрын

    Excellence in training strikes again. Thanks, Leila.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure Jim!

  • @joseherrera7680
    @joseherrera76803 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, this makes my life easier!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome, José!

  • @lloydditchfield6917
    @lloydditchfield69173 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I need as a billing analyst to combine multiple sources of invoice data!!!! Awesome video

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!