How to import multiple text files into excel

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  • How to put lots of text files into a single excel spreadsheet all in one go.
    Sometimes you have data in lots of separate text files and you want to be able to put that data together in an excel document without having to copy and paste each text file individually. You can do this using Power Query. This is a really useful feature in Excel 2016 which lets you organize large amounts of data. This only works if all your text files have the same columns. This works with .txt and .csv files.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 67

  • @karinaadcock
    @karinaadcock  6 років тому +6

    Query is only included in Excel 2016. In Excel 2010 and Excel 2013 it is an add-in called power query. Watch this other video for more information. ua-cam.com/video/VeS0fh8xUVA/v-deo.html

    • @Mileisha_Lyann
      @Mileisha_Lyann 2 роки тому

      How can I separate each of those text files ( or .asc) to a separate column? In my case they all have the same X axis values but different Y values . HELP please . I have 120 files, cannot do them one by one!

  • @Rennautobrumm
    @Rennautobrumm 5 років тому +4

    Awesome! Just told my colleague: I thought this would take all afternoon, now its done in 5 minutes! - the reply - thats what she said. :) anyway, thanks a lot!

  • @mstee5346
    @mstee5346 2 роки тому +2

    Beautifully orchestrated, this is what data analyst do make data user friendly for analysis !

  • @coltenneath2404
    @coltenneath2404 4 роки тому +5

    Oh my goodness this literally saved me HOURS! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

  • @jaejinkim5773
    @jaejinkim5773 5 років тому

    Thank you for teaching the easy way to combine TEXT files.

  • @robthue7233
    @robthue7233 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent video! Clear! Concise! Perfect instruction! Very helpful! Thank you so much!

  • @davidtaglieri5882
    @davidtaglieri5882 2 роки тому

    Thank you! Just made my thesis research analysis much much easier.

  • @samrame
    @samrame 9 днів тому

    very helpful!!!!! Saved me a ton of my time.

  • @aikendrum7301
    @aikendrum7301 4 роки тому

    Thanks !!! needed this in a hurry !! In Office 365 Excel 2019 it's the 'GetData' option under the 'Data' menu :)

  • @hakmatullahtookhi8313
    @hakmatullahtookhi8313 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing the valuable teachings & information

  • @farisal-amer7635
    @farisal-amer7635 Рік тому

    This is an excellent video and well explained. Thank you very much.

  • @hannahterry1676
    @hannahterry1676 5 років тому

    Thank you very much Karina! This saved me from having to do a ridiculous amount of copying and pasting LOL!

  • @technodex8678
    @technodex8678 Рік тому

    Well explained ty .

  • @armadooo8294
    @armadooo8294 Рік тому

    Thank you. This video is helpful.

  • @lozfitz
    @lozfitz 3 роки тому

    Thank you, sounds like you were on the verge of tears!

  • @stephenstephen3279
    @stephenstephen3279 2 роки тому

    Just what I needed. Thank you so much.

  • @ayhobbyist
    @ayhobbyist 2 роки тому

    you literary saved me with this video 👍

  • @brianklebig8803
    @brianklebig8803 2 роки тому

    You are my new hero.

  • @mofoho2004
    @mofoho2004 5 років тому +1

    Genius! Massive time saver - thank you!

  • @TrektoTomorrow
    @TrektoTomorrow Рік тому

    Thank you! this was really helpful

  • @lorenzohuamanchay7390
    @lorenzohuamanchay7390 6 років тому

    Magnífica presentación Karina. Gracias.

  • @laurynasstonys3235
    @laurynasstonys3235 2 роки тому

    thank you a ton!

  • @divinorodriguesdasilva5048
    @divinorodriguesdasilva5048 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic!

  • @MatheusCorreiaGomes
    @MatheusCorreiaGomes 5 років тому

    Excellent, saved me A LOT of time. Thank you very much!

  • @Seftehandle
    @Seftehandle 3 роки тому

    phenomenal saved me hours

  • @lanternofthegreen
    @lanternofthegreen 5 років тому

    Thanks a lot. You saved me from days of work.

  • @hardiksur8423
    @hardiksur8423 3 роки тому

    Really Helpful Video

  • @talharehman9458
    @talharehman9458 Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @unchurched
    @unchurched 3 роки тому

    Nicely done. A perfect solution for my task.

    • @unchurched
      @unchurched 3 роки тому

      And clearly explained, I meant to add.

  • @Craqerzrus
    @Craqerzrus 7 років тому

    U just saved me 5 hours thank you so much

  • @dharyamalhotra2701
    @dharyamalhotra2701 4 роки тому

    YOU HAVE AWESOME VOICE...

  • @saathvik2005
    @saathvik2005 4 роки тому

    This really helpful. Thanks.

  • @danielpais
    @danielpais 3 роки тому

    Amazing! Thank you so much

  • @alyismael91
    @alyismael91 5 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful!!

  • @Mileisha_Lyann
    @Mileisha_Lyann 2 роки тому

    Does anyone know how to do this with a Macbook? The settings seem to be different, as the option of "Data from folder" does not appear. I have to import 120 text files one by one...

  • @thabokgotsa3174
    @thabokgotsa3174 6 років тому

    hi there... thanks a lot for this.. how do I get the query to only pull through data after a certain line and before another in the text file

  • @cactushong4931
    @cactushong4931 5 років тому

    Great video! Thanks :)

  • @theDfLopes
    @theDfLopes 5 років тому

    thanks, save me a lot of time.

  • @noobsnuper8356
    @noobsnuper8356 3 роки тому

    i found your video very informative but can you tell me how many text files can be imported into one excel sheet

  • @natalivalim2653
    @natalivalim2653 6 років тому

    Thank you very much!!!

  • @logesh1987
    @logesh1987 5 років тому

    Hope, similar procedure for multiple .dat files

  • @jeansalazar7812
    @jeansalazar7812 5 років тому

    Thanks a lot!

  • @charlottehyland523
    @charlottehyland523 4 роки тому

    Is it possible to only get one row from the documents imported?

  • @cristhiantorres7084
    @cristhiantorres7084 5 років тому +1

    Hi Karina, your video help me to move to the next step, but I have an issue with the "Combine Files" step, when I start to combine my files, the query requires open an "sample" file it can be opened successfully but later I don't know how I can combine the rest of the files to make the load. I appreciate your comments

    • @karinaadcock
      @karinaadcock  5 років тому +1

      When you have loaded the files and you have only the first file showing is there a
      vertical bar down the left hand side called Queries? Click on the arrow to
      expand that Queries bar and then you should see two queries. One is called
      sample query and contains only the first file. The second one is called other
      queries and should contain all your files combined together.

  • @Mileisha_Lyann
    @Mileisha_Lyann 2 роки тому

    How can I separate each of those text files ( or .asc) to a separate column? In my case they all have the same X axis values but different Y values . HELP please . I have 120 files, cannot do them one by one!

  • @tonyxatnaa1017
    @tonyxatnaa1017 4 роки тому

    content click, this is , how to solve ?
    DataFormat.Error: Xml processing failed. Either the input is invalid or it isn't supported. (Internal error: Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to appear before it. Line 1, position 1705.)
    Details:
    Binary

  • @preethikaralapati5774
    @preethikaralapati5774 7 років тому

    Hi, I have done uploading text files into Excel but unable convert all the files into excel. can you please help me on this

  • @akasshvijayaddittan7647
    @akasshvijayaddittan7647 7 років тому

    Hi, I have done uploading the text file but the Excel pop up a new query editor tab whereas in the video it just shows a small dialogue box (0:52 sec). Can you pls help me on this

  • @twshengting
    @twshengting 4 роки тому

    does this work if your data is in rows and not columns?

  • @baverabhargav6136
    @baverabhargav6136 6 років тому

    thank you :)

  • @rtlinsn5085
    @rtlinsn5085 3 роки тому

    amazing accent

  • @psagar
    @psagar 5 років тому

    you fucking legend. This saved my life

  • @hikariz2931
    @hikariz2931 3 роки тому

    How can I import the multiple line into only one cell?

  • @Russeellee
    @Russeellee 4 роки тому

    How to import the txt files into columns? I have numerous files with two columns and tens of thousands of rows, all formatted similarly. I can edit the query and transpose so the "binary" cells are the top row, but I can't seem to find a way to expand all of the columns. Or is there another way to do it? Thanks,

    • @karinaadcock
      @karinaadcock  4 роки тому

      could you rearrange the data using a pivot table?

  • @estyanike
    @estyanike 5 років тому

    Thanks.
    But this still seem difficult. Someone should help, I need to convert 84 text files(Tab delimited) into excel sheets and still retain each file column spacing. This procedure takes alot of time converting manually to excel.
    Can someone help make this seem-less for me?
    Thanks

  • @thabokgotsa3174
    @thabokgotsa3174 6 років тому

    i basically want to keep the data separated by the source tx file name in the worksheet and be able to delete some rows and keep others to work with...

    • @karinaadcock
      @karinaadcock  6 років тому

      You could just use column filters to remove the rows you don't want. Or you could click on the small icon of a table to the left of the column headings and then select 'remove alternate rows' and then select the number of rows you want to remove and the number of rows you want to keep. Or I think you can go to 'view' and then 'advanced editor' and then change the code so the query only takes the rows you want from the text files but I don't know how to do this.

  • @krishna20100
    @krishna20100 6 років тому

    Hi Dear doing a wonderful full by transferring your valuable knowledge to us i am requesting you i have querie for automation reports can please help me

  • @Craqerzrus
    @Craqerzrus 7 років тому

    If I only knew how to not get it to be in numerical order it may save even more

    • @karinaadcock
      @karinaadcock  7 років тому +1

      You could try renaming the text files so there is a number in front of the name of each file. You could try inserting a column and then numbering the rows in the order that you want them to be in. You could try creating a Custom List to sort the data. ua-cam.com/video/3rOXxzfRyIg/v-deo.html

    • @Craqerzrus
      @Craqerzrus 6 років тому

      Karina Adcock ty

  • @kirietatong5161
    @kirietatong5161 3 роки тому

    Too blurry