Creating table out of columns of data with macro

I have an excel spreadsheet that is in a terrible layout and I need to change it.

I know I need to convert some columns into rows and copy a number multiple times - because it's hard to explain I've attached part of the document (there are still more colums that are not included).

See below for a short example of how it looks and how I want it to look:

Currently it looks like this: (number is in row A - and Date \ Quantity in row B -- only two rows so first number (with the - s is in row A and all the remaining information is in row B)

Number Date \ Quantity
02-88616-2046 4-Jul-2011\5000|8-Aug-2011\5000
02-88479-247 4-Jul-2011\4000|25-Jul-2011\4000|19-Sep-2011\4000|9-Jan-2012 \4500|5-Mar-2012\4500

I would like for it to look like this (all of the #s with -s in row A -repeating if necessary - all of the QTYs in row B - and all of the dates in row C):

# QTY Date
02-88616-2046 5000 07/04/2011
02-88616-2046 5000 08/08/2011
02-88479-247 4000 07/04/2011
02-88479-247 4000 07/25/2011
02-88479-247 4000 09/19/2011
02-88479-247 4500 01/09/2012
02-88479-247 4500 03/05/2012



and so on....

I think a macro would be easiest to do this because there's so many columns to do (around 560)


Please help! I'm totally lost on how to complete this project.

Thanks!

Hello Jzsota,

Welcome to the Forum!

The following macro has been added to the attached workbook. This will create the table you described. This macro works with Excel 2000 and up. If you plan to run this on an earlier version of Excel, I will need to make some changes to macro.

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Jszota,

Welcome to the Excel Forum.


Detach/open workbook CreateTable A B to E F G - Jszota - EF781057 - SDG12.xls and run macro CreateTable.



If you want to use the macro on another workbook:


Please TEST this FIRST in a COPY of your workbook (always make a backup copy before trying new code, you never know what you might lose).


1. Copy the below code, by highlighting the code and pressing the keys CTRL + C
2. Open your workbook
3. Press the keys ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
4. Press the keys ALT + I to activate the Insert menu
5. Press M to insert a Standard Module
6. Where the cursor is flashing, paste the code by pressing the keys CTRL + V
7. Press the keys ALT + Q to exit the Editor, and return to Excel
8. To run the macro from Excel, open the workbook, and press ALT + F8 to display the Run Macro Dialog. Double Click the macro's name to Run it.

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Then run the CreateTable macro.

Here's another macro

I have renamed your sheet ".csv]DownloadedData[1]" as "csv DownloadedData(1)"
Square brackets and dots in sheet names are a bad idea, and can confuse Excel.
Sheet "csv DownloadedData(BU)" is a backup copy, run the macro on "csv DownloadedData(1)".
To see it again copy "csv DownloadedData(BU)" and paste over "csv DownloadedData(1)"

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Hope this helps.