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Spreadsheets are one of the most flexible, accessible, and user-friendly tools we have for managing data. And Google Sheets<\/a> has pioneered the transition from single-user offline spreadsheets to multi-user online spreadsheets.<\/p>\n Cloud-based spreadsheets such as Google Sheets are easy to share with others, allowing multiple co-workers to view and edit files together in real-time. Thankfully this means that sending a spreadsheet as an email attachment is now a thing of the past.<\/p>\n As a result, it’s easier to control your company’s data than it was in the past. Google Sheets are always up-to-date, they’re accessible from anywhere (as long as you’ve got an internet connection), and you can be sure that the entire team is accessing the same version.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n While the shift to cloud-based software has made it easier to share data with colleagues, many of us still spend a lot of time gathering and collating information from different sheets and files.<\/p>\n There are many reasons for this.<\/p>\n Firstly, although online collaboration is great, you may not want to share the same spreadsheet with everyone on the team. If you\u2019re a manager, you might need to collect data from colleagues’ personal files or multiple departments. Too many people working in one spreadsheet can be messy, and administrators often need to keep data separated for data protection reasons.<\/p>\n As well as data integrity and privacy issues, you don’t want one single file to become too large. Huge spreadsheets with multiple tabs are hard to navigate and easy to get lost in. Because it’s online software, the performance of Google Sheets may also be limited by your internet connection, and each file has a size limit of 5 million cells.<\/p>\n Combining data from multiple Google Sheets into one sheet can be tedious and time-consuming. Copy-pasting is a risky way to merge spreadsheets. As well as being slow, it’s prone to manual errors. ImportRange<\/a> can work well inside one file, but if you’ve ever tried to use it to consolidate data from multiple Google Sheets files, you’ll know that it can generate errors.<\/p>\n A more reliable alternative to copy-pasting, ImportRange, or coding is Sheetgo: a no-code automation tool for spreadsheets. It lets you create connections between spreadsheets to push and pull data between different files and consolidate in Google Sheets.<\/p>\n This means you can combine data from different files and merge multiple Google Sheets into one automatically.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”files” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n In the following example, I’m going to show you how to consolidate data from three different Google Sheets files into one new spreadsheet.<\/p>\n Follow these steps to merge Google Sheets into one central file, to generate a summary sheet from multiple sources, or to pull Google Sheets data into a report or dashboard that updates automatically.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/app.sheetgo.com\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”SIGN UP FOR FREE” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#2979ff” button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”6px” button_font=”|700|||||||” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin=”30px||30px||true|false” custom_padding=”15px|20px|15px|20px|true|true” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover=”rgba(41,121,255,0.7)” button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brandbird.webp” alt=”Combine data from multiple files” title_text=”brandbird” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n In this example, I want to combine January delivery data from three company depots: North, South, and Central. Each warehouse logs daily dried fruit deliveries in their own Google Sheets file. I want to pull all of this data into one management spreadsheet that we use at central office.<\/p>\n To start with, I’ll select my first file: North depot deliveries<\/em>, and the file tab January.<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/combine-Google-Sheets-3.png” alt=”combine Google Sheets 3″ title_text=”combine Google Sheets 3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n When you’ve loaded the first file into Sheetgo, repeat the same process for the other files you want to merge data from.<\/p>\n Note that to consolidate correctly, every source tab (sheet) should have the same name<\/strong> and the same structure<\/strong>. This means that columns and headers should be the same in every spreadsheet.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/combine-Google-Sheets-4.png” alt=”combine Google Sheets 4″ title_text=”combine Google Sheets 4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Before you continue with the connection, you have the option to configure the settings.<\/p>\n In this example, my three source files contain special formatting and data validation in the Date<\/strong> column. To import the dates correctly, I will activate the Transfer number formatting<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n When you’re combining multiple Google Sheets files into one, it can be helpful to have the data origin clearly listed in the destination file.<\/p>\n Sheetgo will add an extra column to your destination file, indicating where your source data came from. The source identifier can be the source location, the file name, the file creation date, or the file update date.<\/p>\n Here I want to see which depot the source data came from, so I’ll select File name<\/strong> as the identifier. The name of the source sheet will appear in a column next to the merged data.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combine-google-sheets-identify-source-1.png” alt=”combine-google-sheets-identify-source” title_text=”combine-google-sheets-identify-source” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]When you’ve uploaded all your source files and adjusted the settings, click Continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now it’s time to select which Google Sheets file you want the data to be consolidated into.<\/p>\n You have the option to merge the data into a spreadsheet you’re already using, or a completely new Google Sheets file that Sheetgo will generate for you automatically. In both cases, Sheetgo will create a new tab(sheet) containing the merged data.<\/p>\n Here I’ll ask Sheetgo to create a new Google Sheets file for me automatically.<\/p>\n I’ll name the new file Total deliveries<\/em>. In the new file tab<\/strong> box, I’ll call the tab All depots January. <\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/combine-Google-Sheets-6.png” alt=”combine Google Sheets 6″ title_text=”combine Google Sheets 6″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Your destination file opens automatically inside Sheetgo.<\/p>\n As you can see, Sheetgo has created a new spreadsheet called Total deliveries<\/em> with a tab called All depots January. <\/em>This contains the merged data from my three source files.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Now that your Google Sheets files are connected, you can update the workflow at any time.<\/p>\n This will update each connection, pulling fresh data from the source sheets into the destination sheet. Any changes to the source files will be synced to the destination sheet.<\/p>\n To update the workflow manually,<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n To ensure that changes to the source files are regularly updated in the destination spreadsheet, schedule automatic updates. This means you don’t need to open a spreadsheet or open Sheetgo. Your data will flow automatically.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combine-google-sheets-automate-workflow.png” alt=”combine-google-sheets-automate-workflow” title_text=”combine-google-sheets-automate-workflow” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_id=”folder” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Sheetgo allows you to merge data from an unlimited amount of files into one central sheet.<\/p>\n If you want to merge a large number of Google Sheets, try consolidating from a folder. This is a quicker and more efficient way to combine data from multiple Google Sheets files.<\/p>\n On top of that, if you add a new file to the folder, it will be included in the next update automatically.<\/p>\n Instead of manually uploading every file you want to merge, just select one single Google Drive folder.<\/p>\n Just like when you upload files individually, it’s important to make sure that every source file has a source tab with the same name and structure.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brandbird-1.webp” alt=”Combine all file in a folder.” title_text=”brandbird (1)” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Once you’ve set up your data merging system, you’ll probably want to edit and process that data with formulas.<\/p>\n The Sheetgo-connected tab is dynamic, meaning that the data will be refreshed every time the workflow is updated<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_id=”folder” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Sheetgo allows you to merge data from an unlimited amount of files into one central sheet.<\/p>\n If you want to merge a large number of Google Sheets, try consolidating from a folder. This is a quicker and more efficient way to combine data from multiple Google Sheets files.<\/p>\n On top of that, if you add a new file to the folder, it will be included in the next update automatically.<\/p>\n Instead of manually uploading every file you want to merge, just select one single Google Drive folder.<\/p>\n Just like when you upload files individually, it’s important to make sure that every source file has a source tab with the same name and structure.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/static.sheetgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brandbird-1.webp” alt=”Combine all file in a folder.” title_text=”brandbird (1)” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n Once you’ve set up your data merging system, you’ll probably want to edit and process that data with formulas.<\/p>\n The Sheetgo-connected tab is dynamic, meaning that the data will be refreshed every time the workflow is updated.<\/p>\nData sharing in Google Sheets<\/h4>\n
Merge multiple Google Sheets into one automatically<\/h4>\n
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How to combine Google Sheets files<\/h3>\n
Step 1: Install Sheetgo<\/h4>\n
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Step 2: Start creating your Merge Google Sheets workflow<\/h4>\n
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Step 3: Select the first file to merge<\/h4>\n
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Step 4: Select further files to merge<\/h4>\n
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Step 5: Choose where to merge the data<\/h4>\n
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Step 6: Create the merge Google Sheets connection<\/h4>\n
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Step 7: Update the workflow<\/h4>\n
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Step 8: Automate the workflow<\/h4>\n
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How to combine Google Sheets in a folder<\/h4>\n
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How to manipulate merged data in Google Sheets<\/h4>\n
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How to manipulate merged data in Google Sheets<\/h4>\n