Powerful trick to combine all Excel files in a folder AUTOMATICALLY

Need to automatically combine all files in a folder to One Excel workbook? You are going to love this completely automatic way. This simple but insanely time saving trick uses Power Query to combine files in a folder.
In this video ⏱👇
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0:00 - Introduction to the combine files problem
0:36 - A quick look at the folder & one of the files
1:10 - Combining the files with "Get Data → Folder" option in Excel
2:36 - Cleaning up the file data with Power Query rules
5:32 - Loading the data to Excel
5:55 - What happens when you add files to the folder
7:08 - How to learn Power Query
Sample files 📂
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Here is a ZIP file that has individual monthly files & consolidated workbook (with Power Query connection). chandoo.org/wp/wp-content/upl...
For a similar example, but using PDFs, see this video: • How to Combine PDFs to...
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[@briandelaney6354]

Wow that's synchronistic. I was looking for exactly this yesterday evening for a project. Thank you Chandoo 😁😁

[@chandoo_]

What can I say.. I read your brain Brian 🤣

[@briandelaney6354]

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[@saipranityellajosyula8008]

This video just saved my day from combining data from 53 excel folders data into 1 file. Thanks a lot _/\__/\_

[@sounduniverse9060]

You people are real heroes. Many institutions are charges thousands of rupees for this. And i don't think UA-cam pays similarly, but you choose this option. you literally own me

[@89minimalist]

Hi Chandoo. I had a side project at work lying around for literally 1 year. Your super concise video was a Eureka moment for ne. Happy I watched your PowerBI & PowerQuery vids and stumbled across this huge gem! Thank you, Chandoo!

[@awesome_uk]

Another great tip. Thank you Chandoo. This will actually help me combine my monthly close down data with less effort. This is really awesome! Never thought about it. More I say thank you less it will be for your effort in teaching Excel.

[@wayneedmondson1065]

Hi Chandoo. Another great tutorial! Love everything related to Power Query. Thanks also for providing the sample data to follow along.. very helpful! Thumbs up!!

[@chandoo_]

My pleasure Wayne.

[@shristeekashyap1779]

You have made it so easy to understand. Thanks a lot😊

[@TP014563]

Straight to point, and straight to point, then some more straight to point. This is what I always look for. Thanks.

[@chandoo_]

Thank you TP.

[@abdulazizahmed7035]

WOW i was searching every where to have this, you just make easy, Thanks Chandoo

[@DarrenStarr]

Thank you Chandoo, this video was very useful and saved me a ton of time. You are brilliant my friend!

[@livefognik]

Thank you so much. Have to combine over half a year's worth of data in files for each month. All from a customer that sends in 1, 2 or sometimes even 3 files a day. Will take me hour to make the invoices tomorrow not days. Thank you so much!

[@jamiereife5581]

I do this all the time. Huge time saver and makes me look good 😊 I always keep the source file name until I know for sure that I do not need it.

[@stuartmccloud307]

Amazing! I didn't know this was possible, thanks Chandoo

[@RaviKumar-gz9my]

The way you explain is excellent. You make tougher Task to Simple. Great. Appreciate.

[@miguelgaitan1630]

Extremely helpful and informative video. Thank you Chandoo. Well Done!

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

really well explained, thanks so much and its so amazing to just put a file in and it updates!

[@vijethamuppala5618]

Thanks a lot
It helped me a lot today for consolidating the data .

[@robinluvsrap]

Thanks Chandoo! this is really really helpful!!!

[@MuhammadAli-vx6qd]

Thank u it was gr8 to see u on UA-cam I was one of the oldest lover of your excel tricks specially graph presentation

[@asthajain7093]

you are awesome chandoo, i have find every thing for my project on your videos of power querry

[@raj2016]

I'm following your daily dose from 2013 frequently happy to see u finally on you tube. 😀

[@shriidharkulkarni6648]

That is really awesome... You play with Excel as Sachin Tendulkar used to play with a cricket ball. Watching your videos is a pure pleasure. Thanks a lot.

[@jamanemon2110]

It was really helpful. Thank you Chandoo👏

[@CaribbeanQueen07]

Excellent teacher. Thank you !

[@alysonjwilson]

That’s awesome! Thank you 🤩

[@RaviKumar-gz9my]

Thank you Chanoo I followed all the steps. It works provided after changing the name of the all the Sheets in a folder to same name [ Example: Data]]. I have the files but Sheet ina file different.

[@rdnyman]

Great video! Thanks for posting!

[@roes5654]

Commeting before watching ☆ Looks promising

[@venkatyalamati3285]

Thank you very much for the awesome video... This is what I wanted ☺️

[@shakeel778]

Thank you so much its very helpful for it was saved my time during my heavy load work 👍👍👍

[@pulkithappy1897]

@chandoo, your tutorial was great. Especially, the sound effect at 3:55, it brought my attention back 😅

[@andreas_Salve]

Wow That's a nice knowledge. Thank you Chandoo sir 👍👍👍

[@saloriasaxon7323]

APPLAUSE APPLAUSE SIR! Yet another great video using combine and queries!!👏👏🎉🎆🎇

[@chandoo_]

🙏 Thank you Saloria.

[@minhajshareef1180]

Sir, You are amazing and well explained information. Thank you

[@omkarshedge6065]

Thanku it helps a lot!. While others was using VBA Code for same process, but you taught us simple way to do this.

[@sujaynazare489]

This was amazing! Thank you!

[@chandoo_]

You're so welcome!

[@Soulenergy31]

Great tip Sen Sei!

[@rosywild4774]

You are just amazing man

[@NoelFerguson]

Thanks for this. Well done.

[@LearnAccessByCrystal]

very interesting, thanks Chandoo ... all ready to put into Access ;)

[@chandoo_]

Enjoy!

[@maziz6237]

Appreciate…Thanks a lot for sharing this EXCEL treasure….Excel never stops revealing itself . Brilliant MS-Office designers and explorers-people like Chandoo. Luv this creative single platform , enough to make n assist various careers.

[@chandoo_]

Excel is AWESOME 😎

[@carmenledezma7027]

I am in love with this tutorial¡

[@HusseinKorish]

Amazing Explanation ... thanks Chandoo

[@chandoo_]

You're most welcome

[@viswanathan19]

Long wait is finally over. Thank you for your help.
Request you to help with an idea to copy specific cells from multiple workbooks in a specific folder

[@chandoo_]

Thanks Viswa.
Please refer to this advanced example for specific cell situation - chandoo.org/wp/combine-excel-files-using-power-query/

[@alanlamb6047]

Hi Chandoo and comment readers
I'd like to suggest a a minor change that yields a neater approach.
PowerQuery EXPECTS you may want to transform each file
So, start by working on the Transform Sample File, use the built-in feature to remove top rows, promote headers etc
PowerQuery will then automatically update the Transform File function
Now you you don't have to faff around filtering out the blank rows and extra heading rows in your main query
(Also, if the specification changes, you only need to review and update the Transform Sample File)
And, thank you for taking the time to keep posting great Excel videos.

[@mangeshbarve1751]

This is the best way...

[@chandoo_]

Great tip on Transform Sample Alan. Donut for you 🍩
While I am aware of this, I didn't show it for a reason.
> Transform sample & transform functions are somewhat tricky to explain. So I wanted to cover them in an advanced future video
Here is one example of the AWESOME power of Transform functions - chandoo.org/wp/combine-excel-files-using-power-query/

[@anoopx5]

Thank you soo for your valuable tips..

[@mandara8315]

Super...thanks a lot chandoo!!

[@chandoo_]

You are welcome Mandar. Don't forget to share these amazing tricks with a colleague or friend. Light up their day.

[@a.j.wilkes6352]

Great tip. I was blown away when I first saw this. I work in accounting, and getting people to stop having 40MB Excel workbooks because tab 1 is 800k lines of data instead storing data as period CSV files in a folder called data, is my calling. :)

[@chandoo_]

Wow.. 800k lines per tab... 😮
You are going to LOVE 💚 Power Query.

[@anandtaori6569]

Superb...Saved Time

[@baimeiguo6960]

Thanks a lot, you are wonderful!!! Thank you Chandoo 😁😁

[@chandoo_]

So are you...

[@ramses2]

Thank you Chandoo,

[@udhayakhanthl6464]

Thank you so much. This is an extraordinary.

[@chetrana8314]

Excellent Chandoo.

[@chandoo_]

Thank you Rana.

[@honnurswamy6292]

Your teaching style it's very unique sir.... 🤩. Helpful tips

[@dynamictechnocrat]

This guy is really good it's a pity I don't really use excel would have bought his course .

[@nafiurpial7209]

Awesome!

[@ultra332211]

Thanks, Chandoo - I want to give 100 marks to you for this fantastic data analysis video 📹

[@chandoo_]

Thanks Manzar 😀

[@jibinreny6030]

Thankyou so much, this would save me 1 hour

[@chandoo_]

AWESOME 😎

[@ihgamingfun6295]

Informative video 👍👍

[@GoldenSlumber474]

Another useful & awesome tip! I have a huge file with multiple data sheets I plan to consolidate with this method. Thanks Chandoo!

[@chandoo_]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Seftehandle]

This is the best vid on the power query topic

[@chandoo_]

Thanks Tina... 😀

[@shoppersdream]

Nice, thanks!

[@hariniharnath9932]

Superb Chandoo.Very Useful

[@chandoo_]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@egmedo1407]

Thanks Chandoo

[@rameshharidhasa7107]

Nice explanation using the futures of powery query in excel.Thank you.😉💝💝💝

[@chandoo_]

You are welcome

[@TimEllisWW]

Just like that 15 files into one. Thanks, great explanation.

[@chandoo_]

You're welcome!

[@srisudharsan4169]

How did You learn so much like this brother. It's really interesting to learn Excel from your videos.❤️❤️❤️❤️🥳🥳

[@sunnypandit8033]

Sir, You are Amazing 😍

[@vaibhavthakur_1997]

Thanks chandoo ji🙏

[@alwulhan]

This is awesome 👍. I wish you have published this video few weeks ago. I was modifying files one by one and then append queries 😅

[@chandoo_]

Better late than never. 😀

[@Hopspowered]

Thank you Chandoo!

[@mikemason964]

You are the man. Thanks !!!!!

[@sakibahmed1815]

Thank you for providing the zip file to practice .

[@chandoo_]

My pleasure.

[@daFrimpster]

You Rock! Thanks

[@hanhnguyenhong3039]

woww, this way is so perfect and magination

[@balamira297]

Excellent video sir! Chala bagaundhi.

[@chandoo_]

Thanks Mira garu...

[@sivannatarajan7]

Wow, you are a magician 🙏

[@chandoo_]

🎩🐇💥

[@FaysalEasyExcel]

Great video. thanks for sharing sir.

[@chandoo_]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrrishiraj88]

Great intro!
😇👍

[@chandoo_]

Thanks Rishi. I love LEGO and couldn't resist adding them to my videos every now and then.

[@krimlinturhks4651]

Mabrook!!! Thanks man!

[@chandoo_]

😀 You are welcome...

[@sujitdhas174]

Thank you Chandoo Lots of love from seawoods darave which is located in Navi Mumbai ❤❤

[@stevenperry7041]

Yours is the forth video I've tried. Three failed. You, however, said (approximately) "select only, do not open." And that made all the difference. (I was double clicking.) THANK YOU for paying attention to the little things... things that can totally frustrate.

[@Radhakrishnasandha]

Hi chandoo sir,... Thank you so much 💗

[@chandoo_]

Most welcome

[@reshmajoshi7115]

Wow well explained sir thnk u

[@chandoo_]

You are welcome Reshma.

[@mrunalrocks1707]

You're a god

[@FRANKWHITE1996]

thanks for sharing

[@chandoo_]

My pleasure

[@PeterLawrence193]

Great Video. I tried with my own data and it worked after my 2nd try. And I know I will be able to save 40 minutes at the financial month end

[@chandoo_]

That is AWESOME to hear Peter...

[@sumardjo]

thanks for you knowledge
file sample is very very good
for practice to learn
thanks

[@chandoo_]

It's my pleasure

[@RaviKumar-gr5lo]

Great video. Only challenge I'm facing here is to keep the same format and some null data in between. Power query throwing 4000 errors when I'm loading data 😢
Need to recheck the data for formatting issues or null values.

[@user-mt4ue8se8f]

wonderful boss

[@chandoo_]

Thanks for watching

[@mbaftab]

thanks a million

[@hazemali382]

No doubt Power Query Amazing powerful Tool 🤩

[@raziajeena9861]

Excellent

[@chandoo_]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PabitraJanajana]

Hi, Chandoo.
Your video is very beautiful and helpful for me. If you make a video for remove duplicate dynamically with power quary it will help people like me. Your help is highly appreciated.

[@syedmubashir9594]

Thanks 🙏

[@vkscholar]

Thanks boss!

[@chandoo_]

Any time

[@amjadansaree]

thanks sir ........ very useful tick ......... wow....😲😲😲

[@chandoo_]

Most welcome

[@sarasuselvaraj8643]

Hi Chandoo.
You made consolidation very easy and Awesome.
I have 1500000+ rows of data in three excel with same format. Could you please help me out with getting all these data in single sheet for analysis & comparison study.

[@beingfijian1855]

Best!

[@prajiprajeesh754]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Please let me know , how to display date of visit from each file, in the final output sheet!