I have no idea whats going on! Excel Data Pull and Save

[JaystRange]

Hello All,
I am fairly new to the Power Query side of Excel, and I have been tasked to create a Workbook (Let's call it, Main Log) that will consolidate 4 different workbooks (lets call them Log 1-4) into that single one. So I ran the process, pulled the data and got everything where I need it to be. However, when someone has the Main log open, people working on Log 1 -4 aren't able to save because it says that someone is working on the Main log. I have tried making the main log view only and passwords protect it. But it is the same deal, every time someone in the company has the main log open, no one can save Log 1-4.

We are actively entering data in Log 1-4 (we track inspection requests). Is there a way to fix this? What can be done, so that Log 1-4 can still be used in real time but at the same time people can look at the Main Log, and we wont have any errors.

I hope my thread makes sense!

 

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