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Hi, I have what I hope is an easy question. I have two files containing the following tables:

Table 1, which i will send to Jim to fill out monthly (this is the table that Jim has filled out):

Property Code         Comment                        Manager

VAN1029                This needs a site visit        Jim

VAN1022                HVAC needs work              Jim

VAN2019                                                       Susan

VAN2011                                                        Jim

VAN2919                                                       Susan

VAN1111                 No visit required                Jim

 

Table 2, which i will send to Susan to fill out monthly

VAN1029                                                       Jim

VAN1022                                                       Jim

VAN2019                Probably a site visit            Susan

VAN2011                                                        Jim

VAN2919                                                       Susan

VAN1111                                                        Jim

 

I tried to merge them but i get this:

 

VAN1029                This needs a site visit        Jim

VAN1022                HVAC needs work              Jim

VAN2019                                                       Susan

VAN2011                                                        Jim

VAN2919                                                       Susan

VAN1111                 No visit required                Jim

VAN1029                                                       Jim

VAN1022                                                       Jim

VAN2019                Probably a site visit            Susan

VAN2011                                                        Jim

VAN2919                                                       Susan

VAN1111                                                        Jim

 

In other words, all properties appear twice because excel put the tables on top of each other. What i want is this:

VAN1029                This needs a site visit        Jim

VAN1022                HVAC needs work              Jim

VAN2019                                                       Susan

VAN2011                                                        Jim

VAN2919                Probably a site visit           Susan

VAN1111                 No visit required                Jim

 

Can someone help?

Thanks,

Cam

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Hi Jim,

Please supply the workbooks so we don't have to type everything in again. We can't write the query without the data 🙂

Thanks

Phil

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Hi Cam/Jim (not sure which name to use),

Do you have an Office 365/Microsoft 365 licence? If so, you can use workbook co-authoring to allow both Susan and Jim to work in the same file at the same time, thus avoiding this hassle altogether.

Mynda

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Hi All,

Thanks for the reply. Attached are my files. This time i wasn't even able to recreate what i had talked about above, but my goal is still the same. Have both Jim and Susan's tables merge into one.

Thanks,

Cam

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Hi Cam,

You didn't answer whether or not you have Office 365?

Attached is a solution.  Load Jim's properties in a query, load Susan's in another, then append the two.

Regards

Phil

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