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1. #HOW TO COMPARE AND MERGE WORKBOOKS EXCEL 2016 SOFTWARE#
2. #HOW TO COMPARE AND MERGE WORKBOOKS EXCEL 2016 CODE#

Hi Jim, I have used seperate user restricted areas on the same sheet & I think they work as well as as using seperate user restricted sheets for input areas – a matter of preference which you use I think, or what your application needs. I would recommend alternatives wherever possible, but it IS possible to get a reasonable result if you have to. Please don’t think I am suggesting that everyone start trying to use shared workbooks – they are hard work. then write these in a seperate workbook, out of the way, and leave the report workbook on exclusive access basis. So far, the only problems we have experienced are those which are common to all files & applications on a network. It’s a lot of work & expertise required & if you don’t have the wherewithall to do this, then don’t touch shared workbooks!! (Otherwise it’s great fun if you are an Excel freak!). Users viewing of the data areas can be achieved out of harms way by using a protected sheet for a data array & that is all they can access – NOT the “real” data.

#HOW TO COMPARE AND MERGE WORKBOOKS EXCEL 2016 CODE#

You will also need to write data input validation routines, VB code to perform additional validation & standardised write, amend & delete routines. Never, NEVER allow users to input, edit or delete data from a “common” data input area or data table in Excel – you may as well give up & go home now if you do that! Instead, create seperate & user-restricted data input areas, edit/amend areas & data table areas for each & every user.

#HOW TO COMPARE AND MERGE WORKBOOKS EXCEL 2016 SOFTWARE#

However if you find that other, more suitable alternative software is not available to you, you can minimise a lot of problems, especially those of data clashes & file corruptions. I agree with previous comments about the fragility of this type of spreadsheet application. I have had extensive experience of shared workbooks over the last 5 years & my Works currently use 4 of these applications. It may be that the unsharing cleans up the spreadsheet as well as far as corruption goes… Typically the spreadhseet is unshared when reports, extra sheets, and pivot tables are needed. The spreadsheet allows them to do things manually that may not be automated yet. Users aren’t very good at figuring out exactly what they need the “database” to do till they need to do it. Projects are different enough that users need flexibility in how they use the tool. What drives me to the shared approach is the need for users to copy the shared workbook template and use it for their own projects. So far I haven’t had any “unexpected” corruption issues in some years now. My work around to the corruption problem is to backup daily before using it and then again whenever you run a potentially destructive macro or do any heavy data manipulation. I’ve used shared workbooks for years now. I just spent some months working on a shared workbook application and am introducing it to the rest of our company. = Author Debra Dalgleish Posted on NovemJCategories Excel tips If you have other solutions, I’d like to hear them.

If users need the workbook as a calculator, make the file read only, or save it as a template, so anyone can open a copy.Excel will notify the next user when the workbook is available. If users are entering data, they could get in and out of the workbook quickly, so another person has a chance to enter their data.What can you do instead? Find out exactly what the workbook’s purpose is, and why multiple people need to use it. Test everything after you share the file, because things might not work the way they did before. If you do need to create a shared workbook, check the list of restricted features, and make sure you have everything set up exactly the way you want it, before you share the file. For example, you can’t add any of the following features, and in some cases you can’t even change the existing items: There’s a list of unavailable features for Excel 2003 on the Microsoft site, and in Excel’s help.

Too Many Missing FeaturesĪfter you share a workbook, many of Excel’s features can’t be used. For me, the limitations far outweigh the benefits, and there’s usually another way to accommodate multiple users. Maybe you’ve had success with shared workbooks, and I’d love to hear about it in the comments. There are many reasons for avoiding shared workbooks in Excel It sounds good in theory, but I always try to come up with a different solution. Occasionally a client asks me to create a shared workbook in Excel, so two or more employees can work in it at the same time.