Microsoft KB Archive/133332

= Using Wildcard in Workbook Names with Data Consolidation =

Article ID: 133332

Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95a
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c

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This article was previously published under Q133332



SUMMARY
The Data Consolidation feature may fail to consolidate all data sources if you use wildcard characters to select multiple closed workbooks unless the data to be consolidated is on the first sheet in each workbook. You do not receive an error message if the data is not consolidated from all sources.



CAUSE
This behavior is by design of the Microsoft Excel application. As in previous releases of Microsoft Excel, the Consolidate method only works on the first sheet in a workbook unless the workbook is open.

WORKAROUNDS
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

Method 1: Ensure that all workbooks are open when the Consolidate command

is used.

Method 2: Ensure that all references involved in the data consolidation are

on the first sheet in each workbook.

Additional query words: XL

Keywords: KB133332

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