Converting Spreadsheet to table
What is the best way to convert this spreadsheet to Access?
There will be a collecton of these "spresdsheets" each with the same format.
The issue is many of the fields on each row are simpy for reference to help define the row... they are not changable by the user... they values are fixed.
1 - Is it better to create a table for the spreadsheet which includes a field for ever cell on each row... even though many of those fields will always contain the same data... or what?
2 - Another problem is that there will be a large collection of these spreadsheets... to handle this I guess I could add a 'column' in the spreadsheet... (a field in the table) that identified the "collection" so in the db all rows with the same idCollection would be identical to a single spreadsheet for that particular collection.
Here is what the spreadsheet looks like (concept, not exact copy)
Rows 1-3 = ref labels for the row - the user can not change
Rows 4-6 =user entered data (data in columns C, D, and E below)
Rows 7-9 =ref labels for the row - the use can not change
Example:
thanks for any help on this.