Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Merging Many Workbooks.
Joy ran into a problem merging quite a few workbooks together. The majority of the workbooks—about 200 of them, all in a single folder—each contain a single worksheet, but some contain more. The worksheets form each of these workbooks needs to be added to a single workbook.
The easiest way to do merges of this magnitude—particularly if you have to do it often—is with a macro. The following macro displays a dialog box asking you to select the files to merge. (You can select multiple workbooks by holding down the Ctrl key as you click each one.) It loops thru the list you select, opening each one and moving all its worksheets to the end of the workbook with the code.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: 
Sub CombineWorkbooks()
Dim FilesToOpen
Dim x As Integer
Dim Outwbk As Workbook
Set Outwbk = ActiveWorkbook
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
FilesToOpen = Application.GetOpenFilename _
(FileFilter:="Microsoft Excel Files (*.xls), *.xls", _
MultiSelect:=True, Title:="Files to Merge")
If TypeName(FilesToOpen) = "Boolean" Then
MsgBox "No Files were selected"
GoTo ExitHandler
End If
x = 1
While x <= UBound(FilesToOpen)
Workbooks.Open Filename:=FilesToOpen(x)
Sheets().Move After:=Outwbk.Sheets(Outwbk.Sheets.Count)
x = x + 1
Wend
ExitHandler:
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume ExitHandler
End Sub
In the process of adding the worksheets to the end of the workbook, Excel will automatically append a (2), (3), etc. when duplicates worksheet names are detected. Any formulas in the book referring to other sheets will also be updated to reflect the new names.
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2017-04-20 16:24:50
Conrad
Update - Sorry, answered my own question, For anyone else's benefit,
Replace
"Application.GetOpenFilename _
(FileFilter:="Microsoft Excel Files (*.xls), *.xls", _
MultiSelect:=True, Title:="Files to Merge")
With
FilesToOpen = Application.GetOpenFilename( _
FileFilter:="Excel Files (*.xls; *.xlsx; *.xlsm), *.xls", _
Title:="Files to Merge", _
MultiSelect:=True)
Thank you so much for the macro!
2017-04-20 16:00:31
Conrad
Is there a way to modify this to look for other Excel formats? Like .xlsm, or xlsx?
2017-04-10 16:21:16
Bob Westdyk
Is there anyway to only combine sheet one of each workbook. They all have 3 sheets, but the data is only on sheet one.
Second request, is can all that is copied from sheet one of each workbook all be copied to sheet one of the workbook that the macro is in?
Have it copy to its own sheet defeats the purpose of trying to get all the data on one sheet.
thanks
2015-02-06 13:22:33
Kiara
can any one of you please provide me code for merging sheet 1 of all excel sheets, sheet 2 of all excel sheets and so on in 1 workbook.
2014-12-05 03:56:37
unokashi
Can you please help me with my question.
Scenario:
1. There is a common template which has some tasks listed in columns against which the team members will update the time taken (effort) for each task in the entire month.
2. There are different levels of team members (Entry, Intermediate, Specialist, etc.).
3. The template has multiple sheets, but I need to pick the data from only one specific sheet of the workbook. So in the solution I am looking for, it would be good to have an option to select the required sheet in that workbook.
4. The template has the common tasks listed in the Columns (Say A25 to A156) and on the rows there are these levels (Entry - Cell B24, Inter - Cell C24, Spe - Cell D24, etc) mentioned under which depending on his/ her level, the team member enters the time (effort) for each task [so if he/ she is and Entry, they will enter values (Effort) in B25 to B150 cells]. There are chances that the cells can be empty for few of the tasks also.
Tasks SPE INT ENT COR
Task 1 2
Task 2 4
Task 3 5
Task 4
Task 5 12
Task 6 22
Task 7 1
Task 8
Task 9 4
Task 10 5
Task 11 1
Task 12 12
Task 13
Task 14 1
Task 15 12
Task 16
Task 17 1
5. Each of the team member submits one excel work book with the entries for the entire month based on his level, so I will have multiple such work books in the name of each team member.
The need:
I have a master file which has the same tasks listed in columns and same levels mentioned in the rows. I need to consolidate by adding the effort taken for each task against each level.
A macro with the following would help:
1. An option to specify the path of the folder in which all the excel files contain.
2. A button to 'Update' in the master sheet.
2013-03-17 23:19:55
sundar
Great, but with this code the opened files were not merged!!!!!!
2013-03-17 02:31:13
CdeBruin
Hi Allen,
Confirm that when the While...Wend loop ends, Joy's 200 spread sheets are still open.
This could :
1) Use unnecessary resources
2) Require all 200 to be closed manually
so would I be correct to suggest that after the x = x + 1, one could add….(assuming that the source is the “Active” workbook)
ActiveWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False
If I am correct, then each workbook would be closed within the loop.
Many thanks for all the great tips:-)
Regards Corrie
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