"Could not be found" or "Cannot find" Consolidating Data (176832)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q176832 SYMPTOMS
When you try to consolidate data in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed
at the beginning of this article, you may receive error messages similar to
the following:
'*' could not be found. Check the spelling of the file name, and
verify that the file location is correct.
If you are trying to open the file from your list of most recently
used files on the File menu, make sure that the file has not been
renamed, moved, or deleted.
Cannot find '*'.
If you click OK for either of these error messages, you receive an error
message similar to the following:
Cannot open consolidation source file '*'.
If you click OK, you receive the following error message
No data was consolidated.
CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
- You are using the Consolidate command.
-and-
- You add a reference to a file by using a wildcard character (* or ?).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
REFERENCES
For more information about using consolidation, click the Index tab in
Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Consolidate Command
(Data Menu)" topic.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/15/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB176832 |
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