How do I replace data from one worksheet with data from another

M

MFS

I have a worksheet that has 6000+ rows for inventory control. Each row
represents a unique SKU. I receive a worksheet via email daily with updated
Quantity on Hand, and Item Cost, among others, however the new worksheet has
more rows than the worksheet I am working from. I can boil the existing
sheet and the updated sheet to the 3 columns I am interested in: SKU, Qty on
Hand and Item Cost.

SKU is Column 1, Qty on Hand is Column 2 and Item Cost is Column 3. I
would like to replace Qty on Hand and Item Cost in the existing worksheet
with the data from the updated worksheet, but only for the SKUs that exist in
both.

I am using Excel 2003.

Thanks for any direction.
 
D

David Lloyd

One possible alternative is to link the two worksheets into Access and
construct an update query joining the two worksheets (linked tables).

I imagine that you could write an Excel macro to do this same update, but it
would be much more efficient (and easier, in my opinion) to do this in
Access.

This is just a suggestion. You may have other reasons why you want to do
this in Excel.

--
David Lloyd
MCSD .NET
http://LemingtonConsulting.com

This response is supplied "as is" without any representations or warranties.


I have a worksheet that has 6000+ rows for inventory control. Each row
represents a unique SKU. I receive a worksheet via email daily with updated
Quantity on Hand, and Item Cost, among others, however the new worksheet has
more rows than the worksheet I am working from. I can boil the existing
sheet and the updated sheet to the 3 columns I am interested in: SKU, Qty on
Hand and Item Cost.

SKU is Column 1, Qty on Hand is Column 2 and Item Cost is Column 3. I
would like to replace Qty on Hand and Item Cost in the existing worksheet
with the data from the updated worksheet, but only for the SKUs that exist
in
both.

I am using Excel 2003.

Thanks for any direction.
 
M

MFS

Thanks for the advice. Since I originally bought the Small Business Edition
of Office, I did not have Access. Since this is something I am going to need
to do daily, I went out and got it.
 

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