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    creating a historian database in excel

    I am working on creating a historian of manually collected process data, in excel. This data is collected from the field, on a PDA, and downloaded to a computer as a .csv or .xlsx file, about 9 times a day. What i am hoping to do is create a macro, or something of the like, that will import the data from the new date file and have the data added to a list and not overwrite the provious records, possibly with a command button. I wish to make the compiling step as simple as possible. we would porbably run this macro each time the data is collected (so ~9 times a day) is this possible? any help would be greatly appriciated.
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    Re: creating a historian database in excel

    To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

    If needed supply a before and after sheet in the workbook so the person helping you can see what you are trying to achieve.

    Doing this will ensure you get the result you need!
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    Re: creating a historian database in excel

    i have attached the "data" sheet that i would like the records transfered from, as well as the "historian" sheet that i would like the records appended to.

    Thanks for your help!!
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