Combine Sheets
Overview
This add-on offers a great opportunity to consolidate data from many spreadsheets into one. Even if your tables differ in formatting, column order, or content, Combine Sheets will perfectly join everything you have in one table using the column headers. You dictate the add-on what sheets to combine, what to do with formatting, and where to put the results on two quick steps.
The above guide allows you to create sheets filled with data dynamically as the source sheet gets updated. Setting yourself up in this way is a big time-saver in the long run and a godsend to those who want to amalgamate many spreadsheets' worth of bespoke data into one great big super sheet. Watch Video – Merge Cells In Google Sheets (Combine Columns in Google Sheets) When you work with data that has headers, sometimes, you may feel the need to merge cells in Google Sheets. For example, if you have the main header as Revenue and subheaders as 2016, 2017, and 2018, you can merge the three cells that make up the revenue header.
Summary
This add-on offers a great opportunity to consolidate data from many spreadsheets into one. Even if your tables differ in formatting, column order, or content, Combine Sheets will perfectly join everything you have in one table using the column headers. You dictate the add-on what sheets to combine, what to do with formatting, and where to put the results on two quick steps.· Combine as many spreadsheets as you need· Add sheets from Google Drive using quick search field· Use entire sheet or adjust the range manually· Transfer the formatting of the original datasets· Review the result in a new spreadsheet, sheet, or a range of your choice· Consider Google Sheets limit for 2 million cellsWhat's more, you can separate combined sheets with empty rows. This way you'll be able to scan through the consolidated data easily and work with it faster. Try it yourself and you won't regret it.What's new?V1.3New features:- One more way to combine data – with a formula! Have the add-on build a formula to join all existing and future records from the chosen sheets together. The formula is always connected to your original files. Hence, all source changes, all new cells, rows and columns will appear in the combined table automatically. Make sure to visit the help page for more details.Improved:- Minor UX improvements.Fixed:- In some cases, the add-on couldn't combine lots of spreadsheets and fired error. Now it offers you to try and process data again or email our customer support service.- Couldn't add files from Drive if they were previously excluded from the add-on tree-view.- Used to add only up to 10 files from Shared Drive.- Minor UI issues.V1.2Improved:- When picking spreadsheets from Drive, files and folders are now sorted A>Z.- The limit for cells has been increased to 5M cells.- UI: elements don't overlap anymore for DPI 200%.Fixed:- The add-on counted the resulting cells incorrectly and exceeded the limit for 5M cells every time the option 'Consider table headers' was not selected.- Didn't work with a one-column range if 'All data' was selected to combine.- Accepted the incorrect range for a custom location for the results.V1.1Fixed:- Wrong selected range if server response time was slow.- Modifying date format after combining.- The message 'The entered range is incorrect' kept showing even after the range was corrected.- Minor UI issues.If you have any questions about consolidating data from many Google Sheets, please post them here: https://www.ablebits.com/docs/howto-combine-google-sheets/We'll be happy to assist!
It is often that we find it difficult to organize and manage sheets that contain data. Unorganized files can result in the loss of important data. Therefore, it would be convenient if the sheets were combined into one Master Sheet so that all the important and required information can be displayed in a single sheet.
In addition to that, it makes cross-comparisons and running statistical analysis even easier. So, let us take a look into different ways regarding combining multiple Google Sheets.
Combining Multiple Google Sheets Using Tabs
The first method of combining multiple Google Sheets into one Master sheet requires using tabs.
First, you will need to upload sheets that contain the data in addition to a blank Master sheet. The Master Sheet is the sheet where the data will be combined.
Now, head over to the Master Sheet and Type = {.
Move towards the first sheet that contains the data and select everything except the columns.
Repeat the process for the remaining sheets and make sure that you add ; while adding sheets in the function bar above.
After you are done copying data, close the function in the command bar by adding } and hit Enter.
You will have the data of different sheets combined into one Master Sheet.
Combining Multiple Google Sheets Using Powertools (Add-On)
Another way of combining multiple Google Sheets is by using Add-Ons such as Power Tools.
To install Powertools, simply visit the Add-ons section and click Get add-Ons. Search for Power Tools and install.
Once you have launched Power Tools, a new Window will pop up on the right, providing several options regarding merging and combining. Select Combine Sheets.
Power Tools will automatically upload all the Google Sheets located in your drive. You can click the Add files from Drive optionto view all the files present in the drive and select the ones you wish to combine.
Select the files and click Next.
You can choose a custom location for the new combined file or a New sheet or Spreadsheet. In this tutorial we have selected New Sheet. Click Combine and you shall end up with a separate sheet termed as Combined Data.
Combining Multiple Google Sheets Using the ImportRange Function
The final method of compiling Google Sheets involves using the ImportRange function.
Open the sheet where you want the data to be imported along with the sheets that you want to pull data from.
Now, type = and select ImportRange. ImportRange function requires the link of the original sheet (the sheet from which you wish to pull data from) and the range of cells.
In simpler words, the ImportRange function will consist of three things: Original Sheet link, Sheet Name and Range of cells.
Combine Multiple Columns Into Single Column
The ImportRange function will look similar to this:
Excel Combine Two Columns Names
=IMPORTRANGE('1CGzy5oWpPI7hN-RIvlZZ3zn12IL8m4UlIkSC_ZfizvM','Sales Sheet A!A1:E4)')
You might come across a prompt such as the one displayed in the image above. This is because initially Google Sheet is not allowed to fetch information from other sheets. Therefore, simply click Allow Access.
Once access is allowed, the data will be copied but without the original formatting.
How To Combine Data From 2 Columns Into One
The ImportRange function is particularly important if you have data present on individual google sheets. This makes it easy to import data from multiple Google sheets in a single go by using a single function.
