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Conditional Formula
I'm looking at data for shipped quantity per order, and, it looks like some
of the data are duplicates. I think the best way to find these duplicates is by a conditional formula. The hard part about this task is the amount of orders. I have approximately 4,000 orders to look at -- and I want to find these duplicates by item, by customer. Column A - customer name Column C - item description Column G - shipped quantity I want to use a conditional formula that identifies customer name, item description, and quantity, then highlights any duplicates (even if the duplicate happens more than once). Unfortunately, there is not a unique number that I can use to distinguish one order for one customer and another order for that same customer. I would appreciate any help you can give me on this issue! Thank you for reading my question! |
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Conditional Formula
Say Data in rows 2:101. Next to G you can enter the following formula:
=SUMPRODUCT((A$2:A2=A2)*(C$2:C2=C2)*(G$2:G2=G2)) Copying the formula down will start showing numbers greater then 1 as duplicates start appearing. You can then filter on 1. If you want Conditional Formatting select all cells A2:G101 and Formula Is: =$G21 HTH Kostis Vezerides On Nov 25, 5:36*pm, Liz J wrote: I'm looking at data for shipped quantity per order, and, it looks like some of the data are duplicates. *I think the best way to find these duplicates is by a conditional formula. * The hard part about this task is the amount of orders. *I have approximately 4,000 orders to look at -- and I want to find these duplicates by item, by customer. Column A - customer name Column C - item description Column G - shipped quantity I want to use a conditional formula that identifies customer name, item description, and quantity, then highlights any duplicates (even if the duplicate happens more than once). *Unfortunately, there is not a unique number that I can use to distinguish one order for one customer and another order for that same customer. I would appreciate any help you can give me on this issue! Thank you for reading my question! * |
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Conditional Formula
Kostis,
Thank you for your help. I was able to get that "unique number" I was telling you about -- the number that would distinguish one order for a customer and then a different number for another order for the same customer. This unique number is in column B and represents a "control number." How would I apply the same question with this new number? Thank you, thank you! "vezerid" wrote: Say Data in rows 2:101. Next to G you can enter the following formula: =SUMPRODUCT((A$2:A2=A2)*(C$2:C2=C2)*(G$2:G2=G2)) Copying the formula down will start showing numbers greater then 1 as duplicates start appearing. You can then filter on 1. If you want Conditional Formatting select all cells A2:G101 and Formula Is: =$G21 HTH Kostis Vezerides On Nov 25, 5:36 pm, Liz J wrote: I'm looking at data for shipped quantity per order, and, it looks like some of the data are duplicates. I think the best way to find these duplicates is by a conditional formula. The hard part about this task is the amount of orders. I have approximately 4,000 orders to look at -- and I want to find these duplicates by item, by customer. Column A - customer name Column C - item description Column G - shipped quantity I want to use a conditional formula that identifies customer name, item description, and quantity, then highlights any duplicates (even if the duplicate happens more than once). Unfortunately, there is not a unique number that I can use to distinguish one order for one customer and another order for that same customer. I would appreciate any help you can give me on this issue! Thank you for reading my question! |
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I am not sure I fully understand you. First of all, the formula I
posted DOES give you a unique number, if combined with the other characteristics: it will show the 1st, 2nd, 3rd occurrence of the combo. Now, do you have a unique number in B or a number that SHOULD be unique and you want to test for duplicates. The following formula modification will work if you also have duplicates combining columns A, B, C and G: =SUMPRODUCT((A$2:A2=A2)*(B$2:B2=B2)*(C$2:C2=C2)*(G $2:G2=G2)) Is this what you want? Kostis On Nov 25, 6:49*pm, Liz J wrote: Kostis, Thank you for your help. *I was able to get that "unique number" I was telling you about -- the number that would distinguish one order for a customer and then a different number for another order for the same customer. This unique number is in column B and represents a "control number." *How would I apply the same question with this new number? Thank you, thank you! "vezerid" wrote: Say Data in rows 2:101. Next to G you can enter the following formula: =SUMPRODUCT((A$2:A2=A2)*(C$2:C2=C2)*(G$2:G2=G2)) Copying the formula down will start showing numbers greater then 1 as duplicates start appearing. You can then filter on 1. If you want Conditional Formatting select all cells A2:G101 and Formula Is: =$G21 HTH Kostis Vezerides On Nov 25, 5:36 pm, Liz J wrote: I'm looking at data for shipped quantity per order, and, it looks like some of the data are duplicates. *I think the best way to find these duplicates is by a conditional formula. * The hard part about this task is the amount of orders. *I have approximately 4,000 orders to look at -- and I want to find these duplicates by item, by customer. Column A - customer name Column C - item description Column G - shipped quantity I want to use a conditional formula that identifies customer name, item description, and quantity, then highlights any duplicates (even if the duplicate happens more than once). *Unfortunately, there is not a unique number that I can use to distinguish one order for one customer and another order for that same customer. I would appreciate any help you can give me on this issue! Thank you for reading my question! * |
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