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Combining several files into one, matching by date and time

Hello fellow excel nerds! I need some help

I currently have data coming from several different sensors in several different csv files. Each operates on its own schedule and measures different variables. I’d like to combine them all into one master sheet, where for each time and date I have the output from each sensor.

I’m sensing power query is going to be what helps me, but I haven’t quite sussed it out yet. Part of the difficulty is that the columns are named differently as the sensors measure different things (like luminosity, speed, humidity, location), and, of course, they operate on different timelines. So for example one sensor will measure every minute, another every hour, and yet another measures only when specific events happen so those timestamps are basically random.

What I’m trying to get is a master table that would tell me at 9pm, the speed was x, the humidity was y, the location was z. I understand I will have a lot of blank values at timestamps where only one or two sensors recorded data points, but I can live with that.

Does anyone know how to do this, or even know the accurate term for this manipulation to help me in my research?

Many thanks!

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