Copy rows and paste them as columns in Excel with VBA automatically

Question

I am learning to copy and paste with VBA automatically without overwriting data. I managed to get a code to copy from rows and paste them as rows.

Now, I want to copy rows (Same way) but paste them as a column each time. The first line has to start with a date stamp (Each month) and underneath it the amounts. The amounts are being copied from a pivot table which will refresh then each month.

Here is my written code:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

Dim lastrow As Long, ecol As Long

'Stamp from when the data set is (in months)


        If Worksheets("Database").Range("A3").Offset(1, 1) <> "" Then
            Worksheets("Database").Range("A3").End(xlDown).Select
             ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).FormulaR1C1 = Now
        End If


'To check the last filled line on sheet 'Database_Input'
lastrow = Sheet12.Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row

'Copy Paste section
For i = 2 To lastrow
    Sheet12.Cells(i, 2).Copy
        ecol = Sheet14.Cells(3, Columns.Count).End(xlToRight).Offset(0, 1).Column
    ecol = Sheet14.Cells(3, Columns.Count).End
            Sheet12.Paste Destination:=Sheet14.Cells(3, ecol)
Next i

End Sub

It keeps giving me an error on the following section:

For i = 2 To lastrow
    Sheet12.Cells(i, 2).Copy
        ecol = Sheet14.Cells(3, Columns.Count).End(xlToRight).Offset(0, 1).Column
    ecol = Sheet14.Cells(3, Columns.Count).End
            Sheet12.Paste Destination:=Sheet14.Cells(3, ecol)
Next i

Anyone who has an idea how to deal with this? I copied my row --> row code and edited it. Maybe it has to be completely different.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

You are wanting the Column property of the Range , not Columns .

Also, you can transfer the value directly which is slightly more efficient than copying and pasting.

I have made a semi-educated guess as to desired destination range.

For i = 2 To lastrow
    ecol = Sheet14.Cells(3, Columns.Count).End(xlToleft).Offset(0, 1).Column 'not columns at the end
    Sheet14.Cells(3, ecol).Value = Sheet12.Cells(i, 2).Value
Next i

Answer 2

I didn't even look into your code, if what you want is just transpose version of the data, get your data into an array (range.value will give array) just use a loop to transpose and then assign it to a new range. If you want them to contain formula use range.formula instead of value. just be sure to care about relative/absolute references.