Excel -- Pivot Tables -- Multiple Consolidation Ranges Create a pivot table from multiple consolidation ranges Limitations of multiple consolidation ranges Download the sample file	Amazon.com

To create a Pivot Table, you can use data from different sheets in a workbook, or from different workbooks, if those tables have identical column structures. However, you won't get the same pivot table layout that you'd get from a single range.

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Create a pivot table from multiple consolidation ranges

Choose Data | PivotTable and PivotChart Report Select Multiple consolidation ranges, click Next Select one of the page options, click Next Select each range, and click Add If you chose 'I will create the page fields', you can select each range, and assign field names, in step 2b Click Next

Select a location for the PivotTable, click Finish In the Column dropdown, hide any columns that contain meaningless data.

Limitations of Multiple Consolidation Ranges In this example, Item is the first column in the data source, and the pivot table row heading shows the item names. Remaining fields are shown in the column area. You can change the function (e.g. SUM) that's being used by the data value, but it will use the same function on all these columns. The Pivot Table contains some meaningless data, such as sum of Date and columns full of zeros where the database columns contain text. To avoid this, you can rearrange your database columns, and then use data ranges that only include the columns that you want to total. If possible, move your data to a single worksheet, or store it in a database, such as MS Access, and you'll have more flexibility in creating the pivot table. Or, you can create named ranges in an Excel file, and use MS Query to combine the data. There are sample files here: http://www.contextures.com/excelfiles.html#PT0007

1. Pivot Tables -- Dynamic Data Source 2. Pivot Tables -- Data Field Layout 3. Pivot Tables -- Show and Hide Items 4. Pivot Tables -- Clear Old Items 5. Pivot Tables -- Field Settings 6. Pivot Tables -- GetPivotData 7. Pivot Tables -- Grouping Data 8. Pivot Tables -- Multiple Consolidation Ranges 9. Pivot Tables -- Printing    10. Pivot Tables -- Custom Calculations  11. Pivot Tables -- Pivot Cache      12. Pivot Tables -- Protection        13. Pivot Tables -- Grand Totals

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