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Retaining additional row info on refreshing data table
Hi,
I hope someone can help as I cannot find an answer anywhere. Basically, I have setup a Microsoft SQL Query which I import into a spreadsheet. I have added one or two extra columns manually so I can make notes against each row of data. However, when I refresh the data (which is done a lot as data is always changing) it can mess up the adidtional columns i created manually and can cause the notes I made to be positioned against a different row! Does anyone know how I can refresh the data in a way it can keep the notes i added manually for each row? Any help will be much appreciated!!! |
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the only way I can see keeping the notes is to create a table on a different
worksheet with the Id name (the key for the query) in the 1st column and the note in a second column. the on the sheet with the query you can add a VLOOKUP formula that looks up the ID Name on the new sheet and returns the note. "Rach" wrote: Hi, I hope someone can help as I cannot find an answer anywhere. Basically, I have setup a Microsoft SQL Query which I import into a spreadsheet. I have added one or two extra columns manually so I can make notes against each row of data. However, when I refresh the data (which is done a lot as data is always changing) it can mess up the adidtional columns i created manually and can cause the notes I made to be positioned against a different row! Does anyone know how I can refresh the data in a way it can keep the notes i added manually for each row? Any help will be much appreciated!!! |
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Thank you! I THINK its working ok, so time will tell!
(My main issue is when a piece of data gets added in the middle of existing data, but I think this appears to be working ok using this method!!) "Joel" wrote: the only way I can see keeping the notes is to create a table on a different worksheet with the Id name (the key for the query) in the 1st column and the note in a second column. the on the sheet with the query you can add a VLOOKUP formula that looks up the ID Name on the new sheet and returns the note. "Rach" wrote: Hi, I hope someone can help as I cannot find an answer anywhere. Basically, I have setup a Microsoft SQL Query which I import into a spreadsheet. I have added one or two extra columns manually so I can make notes against each row of data. However, when I refresh the data (which is done a lot as data is always changing) it can mess up the adidtional columns i created manually and can cause the notes I made to be positioned against a different row! Does anyone know how I can refresh the data in a way it can keep the notes i added manually for each row? Any help will be much appreciated!!! |
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Make sure the range of the VLOOKUP has dollar signs to fix the lookup table
location "Rach" wrote: Thank you! I THINK its working ok, so time will tell! (My main issue is when a piece of data gets added in the middle of existing data, but I think this appears to be working ok using this method!!) "Joel" wrote: the only way I can see keeping the notes is to create a table on a different worksheet with the Id name (the key for the query) in the 1st column and the note in a second column. the on the sheet with the query you can add a VLOOKUP formula that looks up the ID Name on the new sheet and returns the note. "Rach" wrote: Hi, I hope someone can help as I cannot find an answer anywhere. Basically, I have setup a Microsoft SQL Query which I import into a spreadsheet. I have added one or two extra columns manually so I can make notes against each row of data. However, when I refresh the data (which is done a lot as data is always changing) it can mess up the adidtional columns i created manually and can cause the notes I made to be positioned against a different row! Does anyone know how I can refresh the data in a way it can keep the notes i added manually for each row? Any help will be much appreciated!!! |
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