Answer by DaveRGP for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update links...
In my experience I've found linking to external files to be the slowest process of all. I've read that this is due to Excel having to re-update the calculation model each time through a number of...
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I use Office 10 to get around this. I opened my huge file, re-saved it as a file type Excel workbook 1997-2003. It prompted a message asking me something (I can't remember). I clicked OK and I had a...
View ArticleAnswer by Andrew for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update links...
If there is any data in your file that does not need to be conditional and will remain the same (e.g. a person's birth date) then after your first vlookup to get the data, 'Copy' and 'Paste Special -...
View ArticleAnswer by NoCatharsis for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update...
I don't know if this is any help for your situation since it involves database links, but I had the same problem except that it was taking way too long to update a spreadsheet running a database...
View ArticleAnswer by faf1967 for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update links...
I agree with Mike Woodhouse. This is not a lot of data.As a test I would make a new spreadsheet with the data from both spreadsheet merged into 1 new spreadsheet. This will tell you if the issue is...
View ArticleAnswer by Mike Woodhouse for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update...
5000 rows by 50 columns is not a large worksheet. 12MB is a perfectly reasonable small-to medium file size and you should have no need to do anything so drastic as reworking to a database or something...
View ArticleAnswer by Charles Williams for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to...
Open the workbook(s) you are linking to before opening the workbook containing the links.And sort the data then use the sorted option in VLOOKUP (use True for the last parameter).
View ArticleAnswer by Breakthrough for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update...
Unfortunately, that's the way it is with Excel spreadsheets... VBA isn't exactly the fastest option out there.You might want to consider migrating the data to a Microsoft Access database.
View ArticleAnswer by DrJekl for Huge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update links...
Maybe get a faster computer or upgrade your RAM
View ArticleHuge Excel spreadsheet taking too long to update links or calculate formulae
I have an Excel spreadsheet with 5000 rows and columns till AY (size 12MB). Except for the first six columns, the rest contain either vlookups or other formulae. All the vlookups are in a separate...
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