Can I combine two huge worksheets into one pivot?

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Guest

I have two huge (53000 rows each) worksheets (file size 50MB)and I want to
build one pivot table from them. There are 15 columns of data each, with
exactly the same columns headers(only the data is different. How do I do this?

I have been trying multiple consolidation ranges and its not working. I
don't get the headers to choose from when I try to create the table. I get
Row, Column, value and page one as options.

Is there a way to do this without having to copy and paste from one to
another (impossible as it would have more than 65500 rows in Excel 2000)? The
only answer I can think of would be linking the two sheets to an Access
database and joining them there, then make a pivot table using the "External
data" option.

Anyone have a better idea?
Thanks

Raphael
 
K

Ken Wright

That's exactly what I do. I throw both sheets into a single Access Table
and then query it FROM Excel using Data / Get External Data and a pivot
table. If the file it came from is significant in any way then just add a
column to each and put in a file identifier and then pull that as well.
 

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