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Aladin Akyurek
 
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Default Match name not exact

Try fuzzy matching:

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Samantha wrote:
Is there a way to match a name that's not exact? I have 2 systems that are
independently run, but they both have Vendor ID and Vendor Name. The problem
is System1's Vendor ID is NOT the same as System2's Vendor ID. There is
partial commonality on the Vendor Name, but not all.
For example, the Vendor Name might be:
System1: ABC Construction
System2: ABC-Construction
or any variation, depending on the creativity of the person entering data.

Is there a function or way to match the Vendor Name and Vendor ID from both
list, as close as possible in Excel, so as to limit the manual labor to this
long list? Thanks in advance.

 
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