Use a Cell or Filename Value for Column Values on Combined Files

If you wanted to get or extract a cell value and use it for input into values for a table column or category, it's an easy copy and paste. However if this is something you do on a recurring basis or have lots of worksheets to do this with, it would be a prime candidate for some automation to combine the files. VBA would be one way of doing this but if you're a VBA novice like me, it'll take some time. Enter Power Query. With a few clicks and less than 5 minutes in set up, you can have an automation on what was a manual task before. This video will cover two examples: (1) where the value is coming from the actual filename (2) where the value is coming from a common area in the worksheet that is consistent amongst the files.

Extract a Cell Value for Column Values

If you wanted to get or extract a cell value and use it for input into values for a table column or category, it's an easy copy and paste. However if this is something you do on a recurring basis or have lots of worksheets to do this with, it would be a prime candidate for some automation. VBA would be one way of doing this but if you're a VBA novice like me, it'll take some time. Enter Power Query. With a few clicks and less than 5 minutes in set up, you can have an automation on what was a manual task before.

Combine Worksheets & Keep Worksheet Names in Column in Power Query

Combining small tables in worksheets that have the same column structure and names is a simple task. But if you had to combine or append the tables from a workbook that had a LOT of worksheets (or tabs), that would be a mind numbing exercise. Also how would you know what worksheet name it came from? With the small worksheet example you could create a helper column and manually enter the worksheet name for those respective table. If there's 10 or more worksheets (30? 40?), that'll be painful and you might think about learning VBA to do this. Fear not because with a few clicks in Power Query, it can be done in less than 3 minutes.