Consolidating data
 

Hi,

I need to consolidate some lines of data in a 19K line spreadsheet and then
change its basic format.

I have 3 columns of data: ID# | date | volume

My problem is that while the data is mostly monthly, there are some months
with two entries and I need to consolidate them into a single monthly value.
I don't care which of the dates is used as long as the month and year are
correct. That's the 'consolidate' part.

Then I need to convert the 19,000 row spreadsheet to a big grid with the
meters listed in the left row and the month/year at the top of each column
with the appropriate volumes in the body of the table. This is the 'format'
part and I suspect that I can use Access to do this, but I thought I would
ask for input here, too.

thanks

Consolidating data
 

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Hi,

I need to consolidate some lines of data in a 19K line spreadsheet and
then
change its basic format.

I have 3 columns of data: ID# | date | volume

My problem is that while the data is mostly monthly, there are some months
with two entries and I need to consolidate them into a single monthly
value.
I don't care which of the dates is used as long as the month and year are
correct. That's the 'consolidate' part.

Then I need to convert the 19,000 row spreadsheet to a big grid with the
meters listed in the left row and the month/year at the top of each column
with the appropriate volumes in the body of the table. This is the
'format'
part and I suspect that I can use Access to do this, but I thought I would
ask for input here, too.

thanks