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Removing records using anther spreadsheet
Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to remove records from one spreadsheet based on the entries in another spreadsheet? i'll try to explain. i have a spreadsheet taken from an door control system, with each row containing a card number and name. this file is about 4500 rows long. i have another spreadsheet which has a list of about 1000 records, again with card numbers. basically the second list is people who have left and need removing from the system. is there a way i could get excel to remove all records from file one if the card number is in file 2? any help would be really appriciated. Thanks -- Gopher_By_Fende ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gopher_By_Fende's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35318 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550944 |
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Hi GBF,
Work on copies of your files in case this goes wrong. Use VLOOKUP formula in a new column on your master list to see which of the records are also on the file with records to remove. This will give you a new column where anything to be deleted has its proper code number, and anything you want to keep will not be found, so Excel returns #N/A. Then use autofilter on your master list new column for anything that is not equal to #N/A. Select all the lines and delete them. You are left with the ones you want to keep. Allen -- Allllen "Gopher_By_Fende" wrote: Hi, does anyone know if it is possible to remove records from one spreadsheet based on the entries in another spreadsheet? i'll try to explain. i have a spreadsheet taken from an door control system, with each row containing a card number and name. this file is about 4500 rows long. i have another spreadsheet which has a list of about 1000 records, again with card numbers. basically the second list is people who have left and need removing from the system. is there a way i could get excel to remove all records from file one if the card number is in file 2? any help would be really appriciated. Thanks -- Gopher_By_Fende ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gopher_By_Fende's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35318 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550944 |
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Cheers Allen, that worked like a charm! -- Gopher_By_Fende ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gopher_By_Fende's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35318 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550944 |
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Hey GBF,
It is great to know. But I am trying to score points! Can you give my answer a green tick (answered!) so that I can get a point for it? thanks, -- Allllen "Gopher_By_Fende" wrote: Cheers Allen, that worked like a charm! -- Gopher_By_Fende ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gopher_By_Fende's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=35318 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=550944 |
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