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CA202 Spreadsheet Application. Combining Data from Multiple Sources Lecture # 6. Objectives. ✔ Use an existing data list as a template for other lists. ✔ Work with more than one set of data. ✔ Link to data in other workbooks. ✔ Summarize multiple sets of data. ✔ Group multiple data lists.
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CA202Spreadsheet Application Combining Data from Multiple Sources Lecture # 6
Objectives ✔ Use an existing data list as a template for other lists. ✔ Work with more than one set of data. ✔ Link to data in other workbooks. ✔ Summarize multiple sets of data. ✔ Group multiple data lists.
Using Existing Data list as Template • To ensure that the workbook for every year has a similar appearance, you can create a workbook with the desired characteristics and save it as a pattern for similar workbooks you create in the future • The benefit of ensuring that all of your sales data worksheets have the same layout is that you and your colleagues will immediately know where to look for specific totals • when you create a summary worksheet, you will know in advance which cells to include in your calculations
Using Excel Templates to Store Customization (contd.) • Excel template contain the following • The no of sheets in the workbook, and their names and types • Formatting for individual cell, entire sheet, cell style, page format, custom print area • Repeating text or values, page header, row and column labels • Protected and hidden sheet, row, column and cells • Setting from Tools Options dialog box • Custom toolbars, macros, hyperlinks and active control
Using Excel Templates to Store Customization • Excel claims support both workbook and worksheet templates • Worksheet template is simple workbook containing one sheet • Actually there is no difference between worksheet and workbook template
Creating and Saving Workbook template (contd.) • Once you have settled on a design for your workbook, you can save one of the workbook as template • Excel template has .xlt extension • Choose File Save As • Choose Template in Type box, upon selection Excel will change the active directory to the template directory • To Create a new default workbook • Save the workbookin the XLStart folder or AlternateStartup folder, and name it “book.xlt”
Creating and Saving Workbook Template • To create a new default sheet template save a one sheet workbook in one of the Startup folder using the name “sheet.xlt” • Excel uses this template for new worksheet when you choose Insert Worksheetcommand • To create any other template, save the workbook in the template folder or any of its subfolder • Template stored in Template folder appear on File New On my Computer General Tab • Subfolder appear on separate tab
Inserting a New Worksheet based on a Custom Template • Worksheet added by Insert Worksheet command is always based on the default worksheet template • To insert different template Right Click on worksheet tab, Choose Insert, It will display available template here • If you choose workbook template here, it will insert all sheets that template contains
Working with More than One Workbook • When you store your data in more than one workbook, you need a way to work with multiple workbooks at the same time • In the Open dialog box, hold down the Ctrl key, click the files you want to open • When you open more than one Excel file, the active workbook often hide the inactive workbooks on the screen
Working with More than One Workbook • You can arrange the workbooks in Excel • Choose Window Arrange
Working with More than One Workbook • Another way you can work with more than one workbook is to copy a worksheet from another workbook to the current workbook • You can copy worksheets from another workbook by right-clicking the tab of the sheet you want to copy and, from the shortcut menu that appears, clicking Move or Copy to display the Move or Copy dialog box • Selecting Create a copy leaves the copied worksheet in its original place
Changing Sheet Location • To change a worksheet location, just drag its sheet tab to the desired location on the tab bar • To Hide worksheet, choose Format Sheet Hide • To UnHide worksheet, choose Format Sheet UnHide
Linking to Data in Other Worksheet • Copying and Pasting data from one workbook to another is a quick and easy way to gather related information at one place • The major problem is, if data from original place changes, the change is not reflected in the cell you copied • You can ensure that the data in the target cell will reflect any changes in the original cell by creating a link between the two cells
Linking to Data in Other Worksheet • To create a link between cells, open both the workbook with the cell from which you want to pull the value and the workbook with the target cell • =[TotalByHour2001.xls]Sheet1!$D$8 gives three pieces of information: the workbook, the worksheet, and the cell you clicked in the worksheet • This type of reference is known as a 3-D reference, reflecting the three dimensions (workbook, worksheet, and cell) that you need to point to a cell in another workbook
Linking to Data in Other Worksheet • Whenever you open a workbook with a link to another document, Excel will try to update the information in linked cells • If the program can’t find the source, an alert box appears, indicating that there is a broken link • At that point, you can click the Update button and then the Edit Links button to find which link is broken. • To fix the link, click the cell, delete its contents, and then either retype the link or create it with point and click method
Summarizing Multiple Sets of Data • When all monthly sales worksheet in one workbook follows same column and rows for data, one can use links to bring total sales of all months to one worksheet. • This helps in combining data from several spots to a single spot
Summarizing Multiple Sets of Data • Fortunately, there is an easier way to combine data from multiple worksheets in a single worksheet. This process is called data consolidation • This lets you define ranges of cells from multiple worksheets and have Excel summarize the data • Note: You can define only one data consolidation summary per workbook
Grouping Multiple Data List • If you want to open a set of files simultaneously, you can define them as part of a workspace, which uses a single Excel file name to reference several workbooks instead of one • To define a workspace, you open the files you want to include and then open the Save Workspace dialog box • The extension of this file will be .xlw
Chapter 6 Key Points • If you create a lot of workbooks with the same layout and design, saving a workbook with the common elements (and no data) will take you much less time • You can change the default folder where Excel looks for templates • When you work with several workbooks at once, you can change their arrangement on the Windows desktop • To close all workbooks press Shift + File Close all • You can move worksheets in the workbook • You can change the color of sheet tab, to make it different • You can use data in other worksheets or workbooks in your formulas. • If you always work on a group of workbooks at the same time, create a workspace so that you can open them all at once.