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    Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    I have a bunch of messy sheets in an Excel file that we use daily. I would like to combine all of the messy sheets into one organized, nice neat spreadsheet without changing any of the information. It's also something I would need to do daily. Any ideas?

    FYI this Excel file is a mess it's a sales order file from different regions. It's hard to filter because of skipped rows. It's not my file. It's just what I have to work with.

    I really appreciate any help you can provide.
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    PowerQuery ... but I'd need to see a sample messy sheet and sample output sheet.
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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    It's a huge file with a lot of proprietary information, but thank you for putting me in the right direction.

    Another question... The sheets have the normal headers, but then someone added a "subheader" with the salesman's name, which creates a filtering issue. Any ideas?

    Also, the source data is refreshed daily with a new file created with the same file name, and the date changed. Can the queries be saved, so I just need to change the file?

    Thank you again!
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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    Absolutely no way I can comment without seeing the layout - sorry. We never ask for real data - a cut-down sample file that’s been desensitised is all that’s needed.

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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    I'll see what I can do. Thanks again.

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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    Attached,

    Thank you
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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    Thank you. I don’t see where you have mocked up your desired layout. I still have no idea what you want the tidied data to look like.

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    The mock-up would be the same. All of the sheets have the same header. I want it cleaned up and combined into one spreadsheet that's sortable user friendly.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Reorganising Messy Worksheets

    OK, then sorry, I can’t help. Without any idea of what you expect ‘cleaned up’ to look like, it’s not possible to advise. Sorry.

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