Jun 25 2021 12:32 PM
I am trying to find a way to highlight SIMILAR matches to values within one column. I have found some helpful tips on comparing TWO datasets with similar matches found, but not anything that looks within it's own column to find a similar match. We have customers from a lead source that may have duplicate listings with similar, but not exact name matches, i.e.
"Test ABC"
"Test ABC, Inc"
"Test ABC Inc"
Is there any formula that can see these similarities within the same column, and highlight them?
Jun 25 2021 12:45 PM
Perhaps this Download Fuzzy Lookup Add-In for Excel from Official Microsoft Download Center could help, but I had no practical experience with.
Jun 28 2021 05:20 AM
@Sergei Baklan Thanks! I did look into that and tried to see if that would work for this project - it is great for comparing two datasets, but that is where I am stuck. I have one dataset that I want to somehow find duplicates within.
Oct 11 2022 02:31 AM
@KLoveall did ypu ever get a solution to this? I have the same problem you described and fuzzy lookuup isn't helping me. Please let me know if you managed to resolve this for finding 'similar-but-not-exact' matches within the same column. Thanks!
Oct 14 2022 11:07 AM
@SteveMM No, I ended up installing a 3rd party add-in called "Ablebits" - you can google them to find them. They have some really cool fuzzy lookup tools, but nothing that I know of yet built into MS unfortunately.
Oct 18 2022 03:26 AM
@KLoveall thanks for your response. In the meantime, I found this article with a formular that came closest but not quite to what I was looking for. It helped me some but I'll look into your suggestion on "Ablebits" as well.
Oct 18 2022 07:20 AM