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Summarize data from multiple ranges by using the Consolidate feature

Summarize data from multiple ranges by using the Consolidate feature

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Summarize data from multiple ranges by using the Consolidate feature

- [Instructor] The consolidate feature pulls data from multiple Excel worksheets into one worksheet. The caveat is that the data must be similar. I'll show you options you can choose from when setting up the consolidation and show you how you can link to the data source. Let's take a look at our Consolidate workbook. We have 2017 sales and notice the layout of the data. We have 2018 sales and I will say it makes it a lot easier to consolidate the data if it is laid out in the same manner. All of my labels are the same, the columns are in the same order, and it'll just make it easier when we combine it onto our Combined Sales worksheet. I'll go ahead and select the range that I want to pull the information in from. So quarter one will be pulled from 2017 sales quarter one, 2018 sales, we're going to have Excel add those together and put them in the quarter one column. On the data tab, let's go to Consolidate. These are the…

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