Hi Mike,

I have used your first suggested solution for numerous projects.

The benefits are that you can create graph and charts and format the Excel workbook as you wish with conditional formatting.

I run a import macro that grabs the file from the FTP, opens up the .csv file locally in the background and copies the data to the Excel cells before closing the file.

The CSV file is always provided in the same format so my import macro knows exactly where to look for the data.

What is your starting format?

I would like to Join :)