Extract records that don't match

tleonardo1 · Apr 10th, 2002, 05:25 PM

I have a table that has values that I need to compare. The table is as follows:

Warehouse Item Price1 Price2...

So I have the same product in multiple warehouses and I want to make sure the prices match exactly. If they don't I want the rows highlighted. The file has about 10 warehouses and several dozen products and is a couple of thousand lines long.

I tried doing this by having a conditional format that said if cell value does not equal cell value of row above then highlight, hoping that when I autofiltered the list it would reference the cell above it on the FILTERED list, instead it still referenced the cell above it befoire the filter so that did not work. Any ideas on how to handle this?

Thank you.

Tony

daleyman · Apr 10th, 2002, 05:47 PM

What does the data look like exactly? Your question makes it look like:

column A warehouse
column B Item
column C price
column D price2

...if so, what are the prices you want to compare across rows?

tleonardo1 · Apr 10th, 2002, 05:53 PM

I want to compare all prices for the same item regardless of the warehouse they are in. I want to highlight any price discrepencies between items. In other words for all rows that have itemX all Price1 should be the same, all price2 should be the same etc.

daleyman · Apr 10th, 2002, 05:59 PM

okay i see, how many columns after B are you comparing for rows of like ItemID, and do you want the whole row to highlight or just the cells that are non-matching?

I can write you some VBA.

tleonardo1 · Apr 10th, 2002, 06:02 PM

I am comparing 20 rows across. And I would like the cells that are not matching to be highlighted.

Also, not sure if this makes it two hard, but I currently hand seperate the warehouses by region, can you have it do comparisons seperately for warehouses in the southwest region vs the northwest region (this is column A in the original sheet, I break it out manually).

daleyman · Apr 10th, 2002, 06:06 PM

send me the worksheet if you like i'll have a look, am sure there is an easy solution for you else i'll code you something....

david@monnetqos.com

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Apr 10th, 2002, 05:25 PM	#1
tleonardo1 New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 48	I have a table that has values that I need to compare. The table is as follows: Warehouse Item Price1 Price2... So I have the same product in multiple warehouses and I want to make sure the prices match exactly. If they don't I want the rows highlighted. The file has about 10 warehouses and several dozen products and is a couple of thousand lines long. I tried doing this by having a conditional format that said if cell value does not equal cell value of row above then highlight, hoping that when I autofiltered the list it would reference the cell above it on the FILTERED list, instead it still referenced the cell above it befoire the filter so that did not work. Any ideas on how to handle this? Thank you. Tony

Apr 10th, 2002, 05:47 PM	#2
daleyman Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 167	What does the data look like exactly? Your question makes it look like: column A warehouse column B Item column C price column D price2 ...if so, what are the prices you want to compare across rows?

Apr 10th, 2002, 05:53 PM	#3
tleonardo1 New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 48	I want to compare all prices for the same item regardless of the warehouse they are in. I want to highlight any price discrepencies between items. In other words for all rows that have itemX all Price1 should be the same, all price2 should be the same etc.

Apr 10th, 2002, 05:59 PM	#4
daleyman Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 167	okay i see, how many columns after B are you comparing for rows of like ItemID, and do you want the whole row to highlight or just the cells that are non-matching? I can write you some VBA.

Apr 10th, 2002, 06:02 PM	#5
tleonardo1 New Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 48	I am comparing 20 rows across. And I would like the cells that are not matching to be highlighted. Also, not sure if this makes it two hard, but I currently hand seperate the warehouses by region, can you have it do comparisons seperately for warehouses in the southwest region vs the northwest region (this is column A in the original sheet, I break it out manually).

Apr 10th, 2002, 06:06 PM	#6
daleyman Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 167	send me the worksheet if you like i'll have a look, am sure there is an easy solution for you else i'll code you something.... david@monnetqos.com