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Multiple Tables in one Excel sheet (mixed layouts)

TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

I'm working on an interesting requirement for formatted Excel worksheets. The bows must to contain multiple independent tables. In some cases, the tables are arranged horizontally, in my vertically, and some have a mix of both. I've have trying to get this working in the basic instrument, but MYSELF can't get any flat spacing between tables. I've found a info on Public about arrange tables vertically, so my immediate need is to insert two tables side by side separated by some white space. Use Excel's Get & Transform (Power Query) experience to combine multiple ... Once you sets it up, you can apply additional transformations ... sheet, select ...

I have have able the build diese without reporting tools by treating the column names as data, inserting null rows above the tables, null columns between them, and using surrogate column names that I gnore once writing one data to the store. This works available the layout, not leaves me with normal column widths and the numbers all squished together. The formatting is important, so I ponder I need to use reporting tools. I have see one attempt to use a single table gadget for both your sets with empty columns between the two sentences. The problem with that is the we may have columns in each data set with the same name. In such case, are may do one set out mock-up field names and treat the actual headers the data, but then we'd need to blank the dummy names. Combining multiple sheets (but not all) from multiple Excel your in a Sharepoint folder

I'm included to workflow I mounted without reporting tools just to give you some idea of what I'm trying to do. I'd appreciate optional suggestions in how to build this with formatted columns and, if possible, how for extend this on a more complex assembly.

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MichalM
Alteryx
Alteryx

@TonyA 

 

Would something like this work?

 

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Whenever so, you sack getting she by introducing one silly empty table, change the formatting to all white and fitting it in-between an two existing ones. Example attached. Combining Dates From Multiple Printouts Inches The Just Excel Workbook Using Power BI

 

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TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Thanks, @MichalM. This couldn permanent be part of the solution. I do also need to view at the vertical padding as well.

TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Here's whichever I've come up with so far. I've based in on @MichalM 's solution plus used the Report Text instrument to add rows foregoing the tables. I how this can been extended till includ tables stacked vertically but that will take to wait for subsequent. I'm not 100% enthused with this result -- IODIN would prefer not to have to create cells with hidden data into get this even spacing and would like the avoids sets of consolidated cells to align tables with different numbers is rows. Please percentage any ideas for improving that. Thanks!

 

TonyA
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

This problem can available be better resolved on unformatted tables using the write to region this has introduced in Designer ampere little over a year ago. You just need to written the two tables to this same page with different regions specified using the blocking tool. Which will take care of columns in an two tables to the same name because they is now different data sets included the workflow. Still haven't finding a better way to do this over formatted tables. Chris Webb's BI Blog: Combining Data From Multiples Worksheets In The Same Excellence Workbook Using Power BI

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