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Excel SUM or COUNT based on related fields from two Tables

I have two tables in Excel The small table with 50 rows...tblGroups[#Headers]= Employee ID; Name; Group. The second table with 3000+ rows...tblData[#Headers]= EventID; Date; Employee ID; ...
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How to update a Powerpoint slide with an external database?

I have a database of 1000 users with their name, number, photos, addresses, and other fields, etc. (in RDBMS-like say mysql, PostgreSQL). But I want to implement this mostly in Excel. So what I want ...
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Sort by selection..spreadsheet software

I am so frustrated... I use ArcMap a lot and therefore I use the 'show selected features' a lot when I am in the attribute table. Now I need to manipulate a csv file in excel with 150,000+ records ...
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Importing data from database into Excel Web Services with parametres

I need to enable people to import the data they need from an SQL Server database into Excel Web Services in SharePoint. They should be able to choose certain parametres for the query. So, for example, ...
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Dynamically filtering data before importing from SQL Server in Excel

I'm trying to figure out whether there is a way to filter the data from an SQL Server connection before it is imported into Excel. The initial import doesn't matter (when the connection is set up), ...
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Pull Data From Web Database With Excel 2007

I have a web based database that I work with regularly that uses 802.1x authentication (Smart Card with password). From the website you can pull premade and custom reports that are ultimately stored ...
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Easy way to put multiple columns in Excel on their own rows?

I have a sheet that looks like this: A | B | C | D | E | ---------------------------------------- 62| Value1| Value2| | | 345| Value3| Value4| Value5| ...
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How to extract numerical value after a certain string within a sentence in Excel cell?

I want to extract the numerical value immediately following the string "ABS" (Case sensitive) within a bulk of text in a cell from an Excel table. Not all the cell may contain the the string I'm ...
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Mapping of child elements

I can't find one good way to solve this problem. I will try to sum the issue as best as I can: I use Hyperion Essbase Excel ad-in to navigate inside OLAP cubes. What I am trying to accomplish here is ...
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Is it possible to add a data connection to an existing table in Excel?

I have a table in Excel which has a data connection to an Access database. When the data changes, I can click "Refresh" to re-query the data and update the table. However, Excel 2008 for Mac doesn't ...
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Querying variables in Excel

I am looking to query some variables in Excel using a formula. I have a database that has some IDs in it that I need pulled out. The problem is that the IDs vary in length and type. Here are some ...
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How do I extract excel data from multiple worksheets and put into one sheet?

In a workbook I have 7 sheets(Totals and then Mon to Sat),I want to extract rows which have the word "CHEQ" in its cell (this is a dropdown list with two options-CHEQ/PAID)from all sheets. On my front ...
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How may I retrieve data from an Excel table based on a variable number of criteria?

I have the following salary data for example: Country State 2012 2013 -> 2027 ======= ===== ==== ==== China Other 1000 1100 China Shanghai 1310 1400 China Tianjin ...
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Is there an easy fix to this copy/paste into Excel error?

When I attempt to paste a large spreadsheet (from a DB, ~90,000 rows) into Excel, I keep getting this error: Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action I ...
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Spreadsheet application that can handle big data OS X

I've been working with Excel for quite a while for some statistical analysis that I do regularly. The size of the data that I'm working with has gotten much larger as of late, however. The layout of ...
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How to get the difference between two dates based on an item (truck) number

I'm trying to set up a database for a co-worker to track information based on truck number, amount disposed, etc. Sometimes trucks are left with garbage at then end of the day. That truck may not be ...
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How to Extract Web Data for Shopify Bulk Import [closed]

I want to import a huge database of products (5000+) to Shopify. My supplier only gave me the website, he refused to give me the database file. How do I extract the web data to a CSV format so that I ...
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How to transfer results to Excel

I have a massive (and I mean MASSIVE) amount of results from Minitab 16 displayed as plain text organized in columns and rows. My problem: I need to put all this information into tables to manipulate ...
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Best approach to doing automatic analysis of sets of tags in Excel/Access/or similar?

I have a large set of open-ended responses to a survey (~10,000), and each has been assigned a set of tags representing what the person has said in the response. This data is sitting in an Excel ...
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Access, select or utilise names in another worksheet of the same book

I've created a name database on an Excel sheet and I would like to access, select or utilise any of these names in another sheet of same book.
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MS Query unresponsive after launching in Excel 2007

User is launching MS Query from within Excel 2007 querying a database and then MS Query becomes unresponsive staying minimized to the task bar. Any assistance would be appreciated, the user is able to ...
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How can I keep every fifth row in Excel

I have a data set in excel with 3084 rows. I need to delete 4 rows, then keep one: deleting Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday but keeping Monday to create a weekly rather than daily data set. ...
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extract information from table of values

Hi I have table of values stored in a csv file and the table is organized the following way: Method1,,Method2, T1,T2,T1,T2 a1,b1,c1,d1 a2,b2,c2,d2 a3,b3,c3,d3 a4,b4,c4,d4 One example of something ...
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Excel Formula to Calculate Duration of Time Based on a String of Text Such As 9:00am — 12:30pm

I'm trying to develop an Excel formula that would calculate the actual time duration for a string of a time range of the following format: 1:00am – 3:00am According to this article it seems it should ...
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Move Excel Report to Database Solution

I have built an Excel-based reporting system which seems to get out of shape. I am looking for alternative solutions in order to overcome Excels limitations. My reporting solution aggregates time ...
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The best way to sync an MS Excel file with DB data (including saving it)

I have an Excel file that is supposed to mirror some data from an MS SQL DB. This file is synced automatically to a remote location. I would like that whenever the Excel file is synced, the data that ...
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Importing CSV files into Excel using a macro

I'm want to develop a macro where in my excel worksheet I type a date in a specific cell, and the macro will go into a folder containing text files. A database you could say. I want it to find the ...
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Can I use SQL to build an Excel data table from other Excel files?

I know SQL well enough to perform basic queries and manipulate data split into multiple tables in a database. I know Excel 2007 a bit better and use it frequently to manage my mechanical engineering ...
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software tools for cleaning up messy data (flat files, Excel etc) semi-automatically?

I routinely receive files, usually Excel spreadsheets, which contain manually-entered data that have outgrown the utility of spreadsheets. I then clean up these files for import into a database. ...
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Total an access database by quarter?

I'm looking for a way to split a large block of data in access into quarters and then total all of the data by quarter. I know how to generate a report and have it break everything off into quarters ...
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Condensing and grouping results from a database in Access or Excel

What I have to do is take the results from a database, and condense them all into one line per date. Right now, each date has numerous amounts of rows, and the data I need is spread throughout each of ...
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Convert Excel Text string to Time

I'm trying to Export from an OLD System that stored Time in / Time out as a text string in 24 hour time. For example 3pm, is entered as 1500 (no colon) Is there a simple way I can convert these ...