This is just a sample sheet, Sample Sheet but the names included in Column A on the Names Sheet are updated regularly. Constantly dragging the corresponding rows around is not a feasible solution. I have in actuality, a list of approximately 300 names and the Spreadsheet is being read by another spreadsheet. I need the corresponding rows to move accordingly with onOpen() function or with a button that updates the sheet.
I have looked all over Stack Overflow but I cannot find a solution to the problem. This is my first posting on this site in the hopes of finding a script or another solution that will solve this issue. I tinker around a bit with scripts but I am still a relative newbie. I don't even know where to begin with this.
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I have a column with lengthy values in my Power BI table. I would like it to only show a part of it so that the table isn't hard to navigate, and once the viewer clicks or do something, then it shows the whole value. Is there a way I can accomplish this?
There are posts about collapsing/expanding the whole column, as in keep it disappeared and then appear once you expand or vice versa, but I can't find a way to collapse/expand each values.
Following is an example. As you can see, "Bio" column is very lengthy, so I would it to show maybe a few lines in original view, and once the viewer wants to see the full Bio of that authors, then they can by a click or any action.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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You can add a column with the truncated version, and a Drill Through to a report page for that single bio.
Will make this short and sweet - we have a massive .CSV that we are linking to PBI Desktop. Some of the header names in this .CSV were not optimal and have since been updated by the SQL backend. However, PBI is not happy with not being able to find the exact header that existed previously, and we could not find a route by which to tell the software that a header name had changed. Is there a quick solution for this?
Here is an idea to work around this issue,
as long as your header are changing, I recommend you to do these step in power query:
search on your power query the step where the headers are promoted
instead of this step, delete the first row (the one containing the headers)
Then add a step renaming the header as desired
Hope that helps
Quick.. Not so much. Easy? Relatively.
You'll need to manually edit the PowerQuery in the Advanced Query side.
I recommend un-hiding the formula bar in the Query Editor and going step by step through the applied steps. Once you find a broken step, check out the PowerQuery, you'll see your no longer existent fields there as plain text in the formula bar ( or advanced editor view ). Swap out the old field names in the PowerQuery with the new names and you should be golden.
You might even get away with a few find/replaces..
You can fix this if you delete your top rows in your first row operation in query editor. This way the CODE of your power BI query will not contain a specific name and will name your columns: 'column 1' ; 'column 2' etc.etc.
You can now edit to your own demands and when you change datasource nothing will go in error.
Hope this helps for people who are also looking into the problem.
I use SAS EG 6.1 to add sheets to an existing excel file (xlsx). I use a simple proc export with DBMS=xlsx. The data is written to the excelfile succesfully.
However it appears that formatting in Excel is taken from the already existing sheets. There also is a difference between cells that contains numbers vs. cells that contain text. For instance when in the existing sheet i used header 1 cell style, the numbers in the exported worksheets also had this header 1 style.
Screenshot of the existing sheet: Existing Worksheet
Screenshot of the added sheet (wrong formats)
The wrongly formatted added worksheet
I tried the following things:
- add an extra sheet without formatting and place this as first sheet in the workbook. My thought was the exported work sheets then wouldn't have the format either. No succes.
- add an extra sheet without formatting and place this as last sheet in the workbook. My thought was the exported work sheets then wouldn't have the format either. No succes.
2 alternative possible solutions i think of are:
1) using the pcfiles and ranges method. I will try this and post the results.
2) recreate the existing workbook and pray to see different results.
Did anyone have this experience and solved this problem?
update 17-1-2016: added screenshots and tried the procedure with a fresh excel workfile. The latter didn't result in succes.
I have created a spreadsheet in OpenOffice Calc that has multiple sheets for each month of the year. The sheet has some specific formulas and data laid out in several months.
Is there any easy way to go about modifying a formula and having it transfer across all the sheets?
Or if the format changes, is there a way to merge sheets through some type of macro or something?
If your data is laid out in a very regular way, you may be able to copy+paste the modified formula to each sheet and have it adjust the cell references correctly.
However, for this type of flexibility (being able to make a change in one location and have it reflected in how all existing data is displayed) a database is generally required. OpenOffice has a database component Base, and information from Base can easily be imported to Calc if you have specific spreadsheet requirements. The learning curve for Base is fairly long, but might be worthwhile if you handle this kind of data frequently.
A formula in the same place on several sheets need only be updated once provided the relevant sheets are grouped together first (click their tabs with Ctrl depressed - and don't forget to ungroup them when appropriate!). Fill applied to A1 of a group of sheets will colour A1 in each of those sheets.
The Consolidate feature (under Data) might be of interest.
I'm trying to tidy up a sheet with the following problem, and would appreciate any advice.
My sheet has 7 "master columns" and about 4000 rows. It was compiled by converting a load of PDF documents.
The master columns are made up of merged minor columns, but at various parts of the data, the minor columns that make up each master column are different.
eg The first master column is made up of merged columns A-H for the first 30 rows, but for the next 25 rows it's made up of merged columns A-G etc.
As I said, overall there are still the same 7 master columns from top to bottom, but the merging is different throughout...
Can anyone think of a way to fix this without doing it all manually?
Copy your horrible spreadsheet into Word with Home > Clipboard – Paste, Paste Special, Unformatted Text and replace ^t^t with ^t. Replace All repeatedly, until Word has completed its search of the document and has made 0 replacements. Copy back in to Excel.
This is not tested on your image so there might be some issues – perhaps column misalignments (where even Word’s limited regex may help to add back tabs where suitable). The result should be no merged cells – mind you someone on SE described these along the lines of “A creation of the Devil to test us beyond endurance” (ie best avoided).
Try selecting the full document and click unmerge button from the ribbon.
As per the screen shot you provided, you can select all and unmerge but getting the corresponding fields in order might be challenging.
Try using macros to set combined functionalities in a single or combine key presses