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Sam55
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Nov 30, 2018
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Bring the lines in the column one level up

I have run a dfsview command and I have the list of my DFS shares names like below:

Column1                                                                  Column2

\\contoso.com\testDFS\example       

                                                                                   \\server1\example

 

The colum2 data is one line down than column1 data. I have thousands of lines like this.

How can I bring the contents of Column2 one line above so that the contents of column1 and column2 appear on the same line?

  • When bit more steps.

    1) Delete cell B1 with shifting other cells up

    2) Select column B, Find & Select->Go To Special -> Blanks

    3) Delete->Delete Sheet Rows

    4) 2) Select column A and B, Find & Select->Go To Special -> Blanks

    5) In formula bar type

    =HYPERLINK(A1)

    if A2 is our first blank cell. That shall be a link on the cell previous for first non-blank one.

    6) Press Ctrl+Enter

    Result as here

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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor

    You may delete first cell in second column with shifting cells up. After that you have empty every second row. To remove them select both columns, when Home->Filter&Select->Go to Special. Here select Blanks->Ok. After that Home->Delete->Delete Sheet Rows.

     

    Play on the copy of your data first.

    • Sam55's avatar
      Sam55
      Copper Contributor

      The actual file is something like this:

      There could be two values in second column corresponding to one value in the first column:

      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example 
       \\server1\example
       \\server2\example
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example1 
       \\server1\example1
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example2 
       \\server3\example2
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example3 
       \\server2\example3
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example4 
       \\server3\example4
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example5 
       \\server3\example4

       

      I want the end result to look like this:

      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example\\server1\example
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example\\server2\example
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example1\\server1\example1
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example2\\server3\example2
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example3\\server2\example3
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example4\\server3\example4
      \\contoso.com\testDFS\example5\\server3\example4

       

      Attaching the file.

      • SergeiBaklan's avatar
        SergeiBaklan
        Diamond Contributor

        When bit more steps.

        1) Delete cell B1 with shifting other cells up

        2) Select column B, Find & Select->Go To Special -> Blanks

        3) Delete->Delete Sheet Rows

        4) 2) Select column A and B, Find & Select->Go To Special -> Blanks

        5) In formula bar type

        =HYPERLINK(A1)

        if A2 is our first blank cell. That shall be a link on the cell previous for first non-blank one.

        6) Press Ctrl+Enter

        Result as here

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