Vlookup and spreadsheet comparison

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Wed 29 May 2019, 16:50 Delegate Edy said...

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Vlookup and spreadsheet comparison

If we have two very different spreadsheet that is not in the same format how are able to use vlookup to compare and find discrepancies?

Wed 29 May 2019, 19:53 Trainer Jens said...

RE: Vlookup and spreadsheet comparison

Hi Edy,

Thank you for the forum question and thank you for the nice feedback. I am happy that you found the course useful.

To compare two spreadsheet you will need a unique identifier for each record on each sheet. It could be that you have a list of invoice numbers on one sheet and you want to compare it with another list of invoice numbers on another sheet.

You have many option to compare two lists like this.

I have attached a file where you can find different solutions.

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Jens Bonde
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match code on ywo sheets.xlsx

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