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Hello, I need help on sorting a rather large list. It is data with people's names and things they purchased.
COLUMN A: Items Purchased
COLUMN B: FIRST NAME
COLUMN C: LAST NAME
For every item purchased, is another row even if it's the same person. So:
Doll Abbi Sumandal
Toy Abbi Sumandal
I'm trying to find a way for Excel to recognize duplicates in columns B&C (Abbi Sumandal) and take the unique values and set them in the same row. Final:
Abbi Sumandal Doll Toy
Is there a formula or function that can do this?!
Solved by V. H. in 26 mins
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User
25/07/2018 - 04:52
Hello?
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:52
Hi
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:53
Welcome to Got it Pro
User
25/07/2018 - 04:53
How are you. I was wondering if you could help me with a problem i'm having
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:53
Please tell more about the requirement so that i can help you better
User
25/07/2018 - 04:53
I'm trying to figure out how to filter column A based on the information on Columns B & C
User
25/07/2018 - 04:53
So that i can take that data and put it all on one row
User
25/07/2018 - 04:54
I'm not sure if you can see the document preview
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:54
Yes i can see it
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:54
Can you share more data on it so that i can understand better
User
25/07/2018 - 04:54
Sure so i've gotten data from a store
User
25/07/2018 - 04:55
the first column lets say is items purchased but it logged in all of it individually
User
25/07/2018 - 04:55
so there will be a unique row for every item purchased even if it's the same person
User
25/07/2018 - 04:55
how do i consollidate that information so that everything that occurs for the same person repopulates to a single row
User
25/07/2018 - 04:55
of that owner
User
25/07/2018 - 04:58
So like with every occurance of Abbi Sumandal, the items in column A are grouped together
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:58
Yes i understand
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 04:58
Let me help you out with the formula
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:06
Please have a look on sheet 2
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:06
Let me know if you understand that
User
25/07/2018 - 05:06
no
User
25/07/2018 - 05:06
lol i need to be walked through
User
25/07/2018 - 05:06
sorry
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:07
I just concatenated the filed column B and C
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:07
and against that i am pulling column E which is same as column A
User
25/07/2018 - 05:07
okay
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:08
Let me know if that helps
User
25/07/2018 - 05:08
and did you sort based on column D?
User
25/07/2018 - 05:08
OH there it is
User
25/07/2018 - 05:09
i was like wait lol where's the formula
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:09
Not basis column D, it is fetching value against column D matching it with D13
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:09
Did you understand?
User
25/07/2018 - 05:09
Sort of
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:09
I hope this session is helping you
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:10
Please do give good rating and reviews..it would help a lot
User
25/07/2018 - 05:10
Yeah of course no problem
User
25/07/2018 - 05:10
So... You combined the info from B&C to make column D... and the array forumla goes through that column and any dupes it takes row E and copies it to row 13?
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:11
Yes exactly
User
25/07/2018 - 05:12
oh okay. So if use that formula and there are different ones
User
25/07/2018 - 05:12
Different first last names
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:12
Yes you can
User
25/07/2018 - 05:12
Would i have to use this formula for every unique instance?
User
25/07/2018 - 05:12
Lets say
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:12
combine them like i did and use the same formula
User
25/07/2018 - 05:13
BAH lol can you show me?
User
25/07/2018 - 05:14
is that too much to ask
User
25/07/2018 - 05:14
? hahah i don't mean to be that annoying noob
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:17
See now
User
25/07/2018 - 05:17
Oh okay. Yes I did
User
25/07/2018 - 05:18
Thank you so much! That was super helpful!
User
25/07/2018 - 05:18
I'll be sure to get you a good rating! Thanks!
Excelchat Expert
25/07/2018 - 05:18
Welcome
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