Sheet1 (tab-seperated)
Request Barcode Name Test Urgency Date Time Action
25-943 25042A GEOFF MYA-0 01/03/2025 14:47 send
25-1082 76605 JAMES M2-0 01/03/2025 16:12 send
25-1041 76606 KATIE SIE-0 01/03/2025 17:14
25-1085 25342A DANIE UAD-0 01/03/2025 17:26
Sheet2
Request Barcode Name Test Urgency Date Time Action
25-1082 76605 JAMES M2-0 01/03/2025 16:12
24-3721 76683 LLOYD INF-0 14/03/2025 11:25
25-1085 25342A DANIE UAD-0 01/03/2025 17:26
25-943 25042A GEOFF MYA-0 01/03/2025 14:47
Ideally the Sheet2 output should be
Request Barcode Name Test Urgency Date Time Action
25-1082 76605 JAMES M2-0 01/03/2025 16:12 send
24-3721 76683 LLOYD INF-0 14/03/2025 11:25
25-1085 25342A DANIE UAD-0 01/03/2025 17:26
25-943 25042A GEOFF MYA-0 01/03/2025 14:47 send
Our list is constantly being updated and the system will automatically delete a record if it is deemed completed so certain rows from the old sheet will be missing from the new one. Conversely, new job will sometimes be added to jobs from previous date and reopening the jobs as new row. So the new sheet will not be in the same order as the old one and a record can be in a different row
The Request number and the barcode is not unique as customers can order different items to be put on the same order barcode
Is it possible to use excel or any other efficent method to compare sheet easily and ascertain if a record exist on the previous sheet and the action is "send" and somehow indicate it on the new sheet either by conditional formatting or pasting the "send" onto that row in the Action column?
Thank you very much in advance. I have been watching so many videos but most of them cannot solve my problem.
My first thought was to compare them as a string but then i will have to condense the date and expand them again which is not applicable.
Your question is not clear, but
If
Action
columnTables
365
Action
column if there is a matchEnter this formula in the first row of the Action
column of New_List
, and it will fill down to the other columns:
=LET(
x, TAKE(
FILTER(
Table_To_Search,
BYROW(
New_List[@[Request]:[Time]] = Table_To_Search[[Request]:[Time]],
LAMBDA(arr, AND(arr))
)
),
,
-1
),
IF(ISERR(x), "", IF(x = 0, "", x))
)
Result with your data