RDBMerge, Excel Merge Add-in for Excel for

Windows
Briefly! RDBMerge is a user friendly way to Merge Data from Multiple Excel
Workbooks,
csv and xml files into a Summary Workbook.

Install the RDBMerge utility

1) Download the correct version and extract it to a local directory.

2) Copy RDBMerge.xla(m) to a unprotected directory on your system.

Tip: Use one folder for all your add-ins (easy to backup your add-ins this way)

3) Start Excel and open a workbook.

Excel 97-2003
Click Tools, click Add-Ins, use "Browse" to go to the add-in and then
click OK. Verify RDBMerge is checked in the add-in list and then click OK.

Excel 2007-2013
2007: Click the Microsoft Office Button, click Excel Options, click the Add-Ins tab.
2010-2013: Click on File, click on Options, click the Add-ins tab. In the Manage
drop-down, choose Excel Add-ins, and click Go. Use “Browse” to go to the add-in
and then click on OK. Verify RDBMerge is checked in the add-in list and then click
OK.
How to use the RDBMerge Add-in Step by step

In Excel 2007-2013 you find a button named RDBMerge on the Ribbon on the Data
tab to open the UserForm. In Excel 97-2003 you find the menu option RDBMerge
in the Data menu to open the UserForm.

Folder Location:
In the folder location section click on the Browse button and select the folder with
the files you want to merge. After you do that you see the path returned in the
UserForm.

Which Files:
In the section "Which Files" select the type of files in the dropdown that you want
to merge. If you use the first option "XL?" it will merge all type of Excel files with
an extension that start with XL (xls, xlsx, xlsm, xlsb). But you can also only merge
files with a specific extension in the folder.By default the option to merge all files
in the folder is selected but you can also use the option to filter on the file names,
click on the Tips button for more information. In the Add-in for Excel 2007-2013
there is also an option to select the files you want, easy if you do not want to
merge all the files in the folder.

Which worksheet(s):
In this section you have the option to choose the worksheet by index or name. If
you use the index 1 it will use the first worksheet in each file, you not have to
know the worksheet name this way. You can also merge data from all worksheets
or use the filter option to filter on the worksheet names, click on the Tips button
for more information.

Which range:
You have the option to merge a fixed range (can be more than one area). Click on
the Tips button for more information. Or use the First cell ? till last cell on
worksheet option, you can change the start cell (default = A1). Use A2 for
example if you not want to copy your header each time.

Different options:
Before we press on the Merge button we have a few options here that you can
change.

1: The Add file name checkbox will add the file name or file and sheet name before
or above your data.
You can use it for example to filter the Combine sheet for the data from a certain
file.

2: To avoid problems with formulas I suggest you check Paste as values.

3: If your workbooks have links to other workbooks use the UpdateLinks option to
update the values.

4: Use the Paste data next to each other option if you want paste the data from
each file next to each other instead of below each other. If you set your fixed
range for example to A1:A100 and check this check box it will use one column for
each file in the combine sheet. If you range have two columns it will use two
columns for each file in the combine sheet.

5: If your workbooks have an Open password you can fill in the open/modify
password in the two text boxes, it is no problem if there are also workbooks with
no password in the folder.

Click on the Merge button:

When you click on the Merge button it will create a new workbook for you with two
worksheets:

Combine Sheet with all the data

Log Sheet with copy/paste and error information

Then it is up to you if you want to save this workbook.

You see it is very easy to work with this add-in, testing all options with a few files
in a test folder is the best way to get familiar with this add-in. If you have problem
or suggestions let me know and I try to help you.

Note: If you merge XML files it is possible that you get a warning that Excel will be
creating its own schema for this schema-free document, check the checkbox "In
the futere, do not show this message" to stop this.

Download

Note: Download the add-in that is correct for your Excel version, If you want a
Mac version of the add-in check out the Mac section on my website.

Excel 2007-2013 version 1.4

File date(8-Dec-2010)

Excel 97-2003 version 1.3

File date(1 April-2010)