I have Sheet A that has Names in Column 1. I also have Sheet B that has names in Column 2. I am wanting to compare both columns to see if there are names in Sheet A that does not match Sheet B and names on Sheet B that does not match Sheet A. I am trying to highlight the names on each sheet that does not match. I've tried using the conditional formatting tab with no luck. I know that this is probably real simple, but I'm struggling with it. Can someone lend a hand?
=if(ISERROR(MATCH(OneCellInColumn1,Column2,0)),"Missing","Present")
Add this next to each name, on both sheets.
Correct me if I misunderstood your question.
In SheetA:
=MATCH(A1,SheetB!B:B,0)
in SheetB:
=MATCH(B1,SheetA!A:A,0)
and both copied down to suit shoud return either a numeric value (it would be the position of the (first instance of) any match in the "other sheet) or #N/A.
Each sheet might then be filtered to select rows containing #N/A in the relevant column and then highlighting applied to suit.
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I am puzzled how to achieve the following items in Excel VBA. I saw a lot of tutorials but everyone is talking about move the entire row of a pre-defined text/number in the VBA, which isn't what I hoped to do.
My objective is to:
first, I need to use ID cell on Sheet1 as a master, I need to compare each of those ID cells with entire column of ID cells on Sheet2 to find a match repeatedly
If there is a match, copy a selective number of columns on the same row of ID cell (that matched with Sheet1's ID cell) on the Sheet2 to Sheet1 next to Sheet1's ID cell, then the process repeated for all ID cells
Vlookup can only do it for the first cells, but because there are many cells with cell value but the content on the selective column I am trying to copy to the Sheet1 from Sheet2 is different.
Please help for come up ideas how to achieve it on VBA. Thanks.
I have thousands of entries for the same site names taken between different days. However not all row labels are identical. I just want to select all row labels that are shared among both spreadsheets based on the names contained in column A for example and copy them to a new sheet. Filtering and selecting wont work, theres thousands and different entries between the two. I just want to delete entries that are not shared among both spreadsheets.
I looked through other forums using vlookup but I am not sure i understand the syntax:
e.g. i looked at this forum: Matching two columns from two spreadsheets and grabbing data from one of the spreadsheets
it proposed this solution: =index(sheet2!B1:B3;match(sheet1!G1;sheet2!A1:A3;0)). So this solution join row from 2nd sheet to row first sheet. If column G 1st sheet and column A 2nd sheet are the same then you can use this to match. Place formula in column H 1st sheet. With this formula you will fetch data from column B 2nd sheet to column H 1st sheet.
I dont think this is the case since the positions of similar row values in both columns differ. I just want to know what labels are shared among both and delete entries that dont share those names
example of output
Yes vlookup is the key because if you lookup something in spreadsheet1:colA to see if it is in spreadsheet2:colA if it is not present you will get a null value. Then you can filter out these nulls to get only the list of rows which share the column A value in spreadsheet2. You will also need to repeat this in spreadsheet2.
For context, assuming the image you posted covers cells A1:C6, and your highlighted cells are A4:C5 then:
In sheet1 cell D3 put =VLOOKUP(A3, Sheet2!A:A, 1,0) and copy down for the rest of column D, and in sheet2 cell D3: =VLOOKUP(A3, Sheet1!A:A, 1,0)
IF the vlookup finds a match, this will give the exact same value in columnD which is present in both spreadsheets, otherwise it will give #N/A. Then you can filter those out.
(By the way the syntax for the sheet name depends on whether you have spaces in the name so Sheet1!A:A but 'Sheet 1'!A:A, I usually get these by highlighting them so excel does the work of naming the worksheet).
A side note, I would drag both worksheets into one file, you certainly can perform vlookups between different files, but this then relies on the exact file path so if you ever move either file, the vlookups will break and give you errors. I only ever vlookup within the same file.
I work in office Excel online at it seems it is different than "regular" office. I have a standard case of two excel sheets that contain two matching columns both A columns (starting with 2 row, first is title of row). In first sheet I need to add second column value from second sheet where values from A match. This seems easy but, for some reason in online office this simple formula does not work:
=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!$A$2:$B$4170,2,0)
this gives just N/A result although matching value in Sheet2 exists.
Column is in both sheets A, with title sku in row 1. Second sheet contains additional data in column 2 (B) which I want to put in F column of Sheet1 using this formula.
Can you tell me why this doesn't work? IS office.com different in term of formulas?
Also, when I pull down this formula this A starting number in "Sheet2!$A$THISNUMBER" gets bigger, like
=VLOOKUP(A3,Sheet2!$A$3:$B$4170,2,0)
I have data in two separate excel sheet in single file.
In the first sheet, I have two columns...like this
Sheet1
In the second sheet, I have one of the column which is same as Name in Sheet1. However, it does not have second column where I want to bring the value referring to the sheet 1.
Here is the second sheet.
Here in second column, i.e. Color I want to bring the value from first sheet.
I am using Libreoffice but can use excel as well. Pls suggest how I would do this in excel / libreoffice.
Solution for Excel...
So use sheet one as the reference sheet. Sheet two as the one you want to fill.
In B2 on Sheet 2 enter this formula:
=vlookup(A2,Sheet1!$A$1:B$6$,2,FAlSE)
Then drag down.
This is assuming that your reference in sheet one is in columns A and B and goes from rows 1 to 6.
Hope this helps.
One of the easier ways to do this would be to use VLOOKUP. So this requires 4 inputs:
The value you are searching for
The array you are searching in
The column where the value you want to return is in
"FALSE" to list if you want an exact match between the value you are searching for and the array you are searching in.
So in your example, we will use the worksheet where you only have the Names listed as the worksheet you are putting the formula, so something like this in B2:
=VLOOKUP(A2,sheet2!$A$2:$B$6,2,FALSE)
So this would lookup the value you show in worksheet 1 cell A2.
Then go to workbook 2 and match that value with what is in A2:A6.
Then lookup what is in column 2 for your answer.
And return what is in column 2 only if worksheet 1 cell A2 and something in worksheet 2 range A2:A6 is an exact match.
There are other ways, but for your example, this should be easiest in EXCEL. This only works if the value you are searching for is to the right of the value you are looking up. If you need to go to the left, INDEX/MATCH would be better (but not required here).
Hope this helps!
JW
I am trying to figure out if it is possible to use a formula with conditional formatting or a VBA macro to highlight a cell based on a cell with identical contents in another column, with varying data.
To explain more thoroughly, let's say I have column A, with unique content in each row, rows 1-280. Each row is formatted to be a string of text, such as "12E00" or "97EBC." I also have column T, which is based on imported data, and may contain some of, but not all of, nor in the same row, the data from column A. It also starts at row 9, not row 1. This is repeated on 47 different tabs, with differing row contents on different tabs (some may have 1-280, others may have 1-160).
Is there some conditional formatting formula/macro (with an explanation of the working components of possible, so that I can learn myself and educate my supervision on the inner workings) that would allow me to highlight any of the cells in column A that have the same text string shown somewhere in column T? Additionally, keeping in mind that I'm checking every row in column A against column T and that column T will only contain some of the text strings in column A.
I assume there is a better way to accomplish this.
But if I understood the question correctly, then try using: =ISNUMBER(MATCH(cell,column,0))
I would then make a column next to Column A for each sheet you want to check.
Example table, with a column for each sheet checked, and a column for checking if any sheets matched. Matched cells are highlighted.
47 columns might be too much to, therefore I used Column B to do:
=OR(Table1[#[sheetName]:[otherSheetName]])
Each column have the formula: =ISNUMBER(MATCH([#[Column A]],INDIRECT(C$1&"!T:T"),0)) (C$1 is pointing to the column's header row)
Utilizing INDIRECT() the column will always look in column T in the sheet with the same name as the column header.
The highlighting is done with these conditional formatting rules