I will clean and merge your messy excel and CSV data
Data automation: Excel, PDF and reports
About this Gig
You know the file. Headers starting on row 5, a merged title on top, subtotals in the middle of the data, numbers stored as text, and a tab called "pivot_DONTTOUCH" nobody wants to open.
I turn that into one clean table you can filter, pivot and trust.
WHAT I FIX
- Headers detected wherever they are, not assumed to be row 1
- Dates unified to one format, whatever they looked like before
- Numbers stored as text converted properly, EU and US separators
- Customer and product names unified across spellings, case and spacing
- Subtotals and blank separator rows removed from the data range
- Duplicates merged, and totals recomputed when they disagree
NOTHING DISAPPEARS SILENTLY
Every change goes into a "changes_log" sheet: the row, the rule applied, the value before, the value after and the reason. Anything I cannot resolve with certainty goes to a "flagged" sheet instead of being deleted or guessed.
Real example from my test file: 16 clean rows out of a sheet with 6 blank rows, 2 subtotals inside the data, 13 dates in five formats and 16 name variants that resolved to 5 real customers. Two rows were flagged.
Send me the file and I will tell you what is fixable.
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FAQ
Will you delete rows?
Only exact duplicates and empty rows, and both are recorded in the changes_log. Anything doubtful is flagged, never removed.
My file has 50,000 rows. Is that a problem?
No. Send it over before ordering and I will confirm which package fits and how long it will take.
Can you merge files that have different column names?
Yes, that is included from the Standard package. I map the columns across files and document the mapping so you can check it.
Is my data safe?
I delete your files once the order is complete and I never reuse them as samples. If you prefer, send a redacted copy first so we can scope the work.

