Copy data from multiple workbooks
The macro below can be used to copy a cell range from one or all worksheets in one or more workbooks to a new workbook.
You will need to customize the example macro a little to make it fit your needs.
Sub TestCopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks()
' updated 2008-04-30 by OPE
Dim varWorkbooks As Variant, wb As Workbook
varWorkbooks = "Excel Workbooks (*.xl*),*.xl*,All Files (*.*),*.*"
varWorkbooks = Application.GetOpenFilename(varWorkbooks, 1, _
"Select one or more workbooks to copy data from (Ctrl+A selects all items in the folder)", , True)
If Not IsArray(varWorkbooks) Then Exit Sub ' the user cancelled the dialog
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = False
.Cursor = xlWait
End With
Set wb = Workbooks.Add ' create the new report workbook
' the following line(s) must be customized for each copy task
' copy from one named worksheet:
CopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks wb.Worksheets(1), varWorkbooks, "Sheet1", "A1:D10"
' copy from the first (or another numbered) worksheet:
'CopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks wb.Worksheets(1), varWorkbooks, 1, "A1:D10"
' copy from all worksheets:
'CopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks wb.Worksheets(1), varWorkbooks, vbNullString, "A1:D10"
wb.Activate
Set wb = Nothing
With Application
.Cursor = xlDefault
.StatusBar = False
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
End Sub
Sub CopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks(wsTarget As Worksheet, varWorkbooks As Variant, _
varWorksheet As Variant, strWorksheetRange As String)
' updated 2008-04-30 by OPE
Dim r As Long, i As Long, wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet, rng As Range
If wsTarget Is Nothing Then Exit Sub ' no target workbook
' assumes that wsTarget is a new unfiltered worksheet
If Not IsArray(varWorkbooks) Then Exit Sub ' invalid input
For i = LBound(varWorkbooks) To UBound(varWorkbooks)
On Error Resume Next
Set wb = Workbooks.Add(varWorkbooks(i)) ' try to open a copy of the workbook
On Error GoTo 0
If Not wb Is Nothing Then
With wb
Application.StatusBar = "Copying information from " & varWorkbooks(i) & "..."
If Len(varWorksheet) = 0 Then ' no worksheet name specified, copy from all worksheets
For Each ws In .Worksheets
With wsTarget ' find the next target row to paste the copied content
' the following line assumes that column A always is populated
r = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1
End With
On Error Resume Next
Set rng = ws.Range(strWorksheetRange)
If Not rng Is Nothing Then ' the range exists
rng.Copy wsTarget.Range("A" & r) ' copy the source range to the target worksheet
Set rng = Nothing
End If
On Error GoTo 0
Next ws
Set ws = Nothing
Else ' copy from one worksheet
On Error Resume Next
Set ws = wb.Worksheets(varWorksheet)
On Error GoTo 0
If Not ws Is Nothing Then ' the worksheet exists
With wsTarget ' find the next target row to paste the copied content
' the following line assumes that column A always is populated
r = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1
End With
On Error Resume Next
Set rng = ws.Range(strWorksheetRange)
If Not rng Is Nothing Then ' the range exists
rng.Copy wsTarget.Range("A" & r) ' copy the source range to the target worksheet
Set rng = Nothing
End If
On Error GoTo 0
Set ws = Nothing
End If
End If
.Close False ' close the workbook copy without saving any changes
Application.StatusBar = False
End With
Set wb = Nothing
End If
Next i ' next workbook
End Sub
Erlandsen Data Consulting
Excellent macro. Could you tell me how I can use this; but specify a list of workbooks to open from a list within the current/master workbook that you are about to copy data to please.
E.G Worksheet “Projects” has a list of the workbooks in column E “Project1.xls, Project 2a.xls, Project 2B.xls” e.t.c.
How do I get the macro to read this list of workbooks and use this list to copy data from please?
If it is possible can I also tell it the worksheet(in the current/master workbook) to copy the data to?
You can try something like the example below, it is not tested, but you should get a general idea about how to do what you asked.
Sub AnotherSolution() Dim varItems As Variant, strTargetWS As String, i As Long, strItem As String ' read workbook names from the active worksheet varItems = Application.Transpose(Range("E1:E100").Value) ' read the target worksheet name from a cell in the active worksheet strTargetWS = Range("B1").Value If Len(strTargetWS) = 0 Then Exit Sub For i = LBound(varItems) To UBound(varItems) strItem = varItems(i) If Len(strItem) > 0 Then If InStr(1, strItem, Application.PathSeparator, vbBinaryCompare) = 0 Then ' add the active workbook path if no path is present in the file name strItem = ActiveWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & strItem End If CopyDataFromMultipleWorkbooks ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(strTargetWS), strItem, "Sheet1", "A1:D10" End If Next i End Sub