Consolidating excel files with different rows and columns?

Hi,

I'm new to this forum. Just started working as a research analyst for a media company and we work with huge spreadsheets pretty often. I'm looking into learning VBA in free time, but I have a question off the bat. Here's my dilemma:

I have 3 excel files, each of them with multiple worksheets. Within a file, each worksheet has identical rows, but different columns. Across all 3 files, the rows and columns are different. In the data field, there are numbers and blanks (representing zeros). So-- is it possible to consolidate all this information into one excel file, while summing up fields with an identical row and column?

I've attached an example of what I'm trying to do. I think it will help to visualize what I'm trying to do.

Any help of advice is much appreciated. Thanks!

Welcome to VBAX
Give this a try
[VBA]Sub GetData()
Dim Sht As Worksheet
Dim Bk As Workbook
Dim arr()
Dim Col1 As New Collection
Dim Row1 As New Collection
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim Pth As String
Dim Site As Range, s As Range
Dim Co As Range, c As Range


Set Bk = Workbooks.Add
Set Sht = ActiveSheet
Pth = "C:\AAA\"

'Get all Fields and Companies
arr = Array("Book1") ',"Book2","Book3")
For Each a In arr
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(Pth & a & ".xlsx")
For Each sh In wb.Worksheets
Set Site = sh.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)
Set Co = sh.Rows(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants)
On Error Resume Next

For Each s In Site
If Not s = "" Then Col1.Add CStr(s), CStr(s)
Next
For Each c In Co
If Not c = "" Then Row1.Add CStr(c), CStr(c)
Next
Next
Next
wb.Close False

For i = 1 To Col1.Count
Sht.Cells(i, 1) = Col1(i)
Next

For i = 1 To Row1.Count
Sht.Cells(1, i) = Row1(i)
Next


'Get all numbers
For Each a In arr
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(Pth & a & ".xlsx")
For Each sh In wb.Worksheets
For i = 2 To Row1.Count
'Look up companies
Set c = sh.Rows(1).Find(Sht.Cells(1, i), lookat:=xlWhole)
If Not c Is Nothing Then col = c.Column
For j = 2 To Col1.Count
'Look up sites
Set r = sh.Columns(1).Find(Sht.Cells(j, 1), lookat:=xlWhole)
If Not r Is Nothing Then rw = r.Row
'Read data and add to grid
If Not (r Is Nothing Or c Is Nothing) Then
Sht.Cells(j, i) = Sht.Cells(j, i) + sh.Cells(rw, col)
End If
Next
Next

Next
wb.Close False
Next
End Sub[/VBA]

Hi mdmackillop,

Thanks for the reply! Sorry for the newbie questions, but how do I get this script to run, and does it apply to all currently open excel files?