Chuck if you don’t get that task done send the files to me and I can probably 
link them up and merge the file. My GIS software lets me work with csv files 
and tables and do some cool stuff with matching and such.

 

Thank you,

Brian Webster

www.wirelessmapping.com

 

From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Haninger
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2021 2:32 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Merging Data

 

If the common thing between them is something like an email address or account 
number, I wonder if the venerable vlookup or the new xlookup will work?

 

Then I agree with making a new file or sheet and put that common value in one 
column and remove duplicates.

 

Then use columns B,C,D,E,F, etc to lookup your other data.

 

Be careful about the dollar signs in your cell references. A1 and $A$1 refer to 
the same cell, but behave differently when you copy and paste. The dollar signs 
tell Excel to lock that reference in place. Without it, Excel will adjust the 
reference when you copy and paste it around. I don't think I'm explaining this 
very well.

 

For sure someone else has done this before. I'd be surprised if Excel couldn't 
handle it.

 

Andy

 

On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 12:03 Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

 

I have at least three files I need to merge.  Spreadsheets.

 

Say one has names and addresses

One has addresses and phone numbers

One has phone numbers and email addresses

 

They are not the same length of file so certain records are missing in all 
three files.

There is something common to allow one file to be merged into at least one of 
the other files.  

 

I really don’t want to write code to parse and search.  

I am hopeful there is some kind of feature in excel that could do this.

Or I guess I might be able to fire up a database and make it happen.  

 

Any suggestions?

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