Apr 19 2024 09:27 AM - edited Apr 22 2024 09:31 AM
Hi,
I need help on how to compare two list. The Blue Column (MMO) is the Master List, and I used XLOOKUP command (and even tried nesting them) to compare two columns. Due to potential spelling errors and/or missing word(s) like shown in the picture (green highlight) it's not picked up by the exact search so I also used small, larger, wildcard categories as well. My issue now is I can't individually check down the column because there are too much, 4000 names down the list, and it will take too much time. How do I go about checking them without resorting to brute forcing myself? I reckon it would require chains or nesting commands, but I can't solve it.
Thank you in advance for help, and have a good day!
EDIT: Can share the excel file via Onedrive if needed.
EDIT 2: Found the best solution available at the moment, like Mr. Sergei Baklan said, I used FUZZY lookup add-on by Microsoft. Screenshot removed.
Apr 19 2024 02:24 PM
I'm not at all sure that I can be of any help, but you have had over 50 views and no responses yet. SO, with that in mind, I will offer these observations/comments:
So...where does that leave us? Or, more to the point, where does that leave you? Tasks like this are not easy; they underscore the need for data integrity from the start, but cleaning up databases is a big job and some of it is grunt work, almost inevitably.
Apr 20 2024 03:37 AM
In theory Download Fuzzy Lookup Add-In for Excel from Official Microsoft Download Center of Fuzzy Join in Power Query could help. However, no one fuzzy lookup method gives 100% warranty, that's only to play with real data and fuzzy parameters.
And yes, without the file it's not clear what exactly you try to do.