Categorize data in the right column

[catae]

I have a spreadsheet with an ID (column A) and corresponding tags in 4 columns (B,C,D,E). The problem is those tags are mixed, and not all of them belong to the column they are right now.
For example: B6 which right now is in the category "Channel" in column B, really belongs to column D in the "vertical" category.
C3 which right now is in the category "Feeling" in column C, really belongs to column B in the "Channel" category.

I have the right categorization in another part of the spreansheet:

How can i organize it, so that each column has the right information? Also, sometimes there is no data in every column.

Please help!! I've searched and i haven't been able to come up with anything

Thank you so much in advance

 

[awoohaw]

you have 5 categories at the top and 4 at the bottom? the top is Englisth words, the bottom Spanish? Please correct.
Also, please post a mini worksheet using the xl2bb add in (link below). You are asking the forum to EXACTLY recreate your worksheet, that takes time and error and typos can cause problems and make valid solutions look invalid.

 

[DanteAmor]

Hello @catae
Welcome to the MrExcel forum. Please accept my warmest greetings and sincere hope that all is well.

I think you missed column F.
If you have your data like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	comprar	facebook	neutral	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3	comentarios	positivo				Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	blog	comentarios	facebook	positivo		fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	arriendo	facebook	neutral	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6	comentarios	neutral	publicar					comprar
ids (2)

The result will be like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	facebook	neutral	comprar	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3		positivo		comentarios		Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	facebook	positivo		comentarios	blog	fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	facebook	neutral	arriendo	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6		neutral	publicar	comentarios				comprar
ids (2)

Test the following Macro:

Sub categorize()
  Dim rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range, f As Range
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, col As Long
 
  Set rng1 = Range("B2:F" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(3).Row)
  Set rng2 = Range("G:K")
  a = rng1.Value
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1), 1 To UBound(a, 2))
  col = rng2.Cells(1).Column - 1
 
  For i = 1 To UBound(a, 1)
    For j = 1 To UBound(a, 2)
      If a(i, j) <> "" Then
        Set f = rng2.Find(a(i, j), , xlValues, xlWhole, , , False)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then
          b(i, f.Column - col) = a(i, j)
        End If
      End If
    Next
  Next
 
  rng1.Value = b
End Sub

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (categorize) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "Yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

Note XL2BB:
For the future, it would help greatly if you could give us the sample data in a form that we can copy to test with, rather that a picture.
MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data that will allow us to copy/paste it to our Excel spreadsheets, so we can work with the same copy of data that you are. Instructions on using this tool can be found here: XL2BB Add-in
Note that there is also a "Test Here” forum on this board. This is a place where you can test using this tool (or any other posting techniques that you want to test) before trying to use those tools in your actual posts.


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Let me know the result and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Sincerely
Dante Amor
--------------

 

[catae]

you have 5 categories at the top and 4 at the bottom? the top is Englisth words, the bottom Spanish? Please correct.
Also, please post a mini worksheet using the xl2bb add in (link below). You are asking the forum to EXACTLY recreate your worksheet, that takes time and error and typos can cause problems and make valid solutions look invalid.

Thank for your responde, unfortunately i cant seem to find add ins in my excel. I've seen videos and read stuff on how to find it, but it doesn't show up in mine

 

[catae]

Hello @catae
Welcome to the MrExcel forum. Please accept my warmest greetings and sincere hope that all is well.

I think you missed column F.
If you have your data like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	comprar	facebook	neutral	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3	comentarios	positivo				Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	blog	comentarios	facebook	positivo		fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	arriendo	facebook	neutral	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6	comentarios	neutral	publicar					comprar
ids (2)

The result will be like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	facebook	neutral	comprar	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3		positivo		comentarios		Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	facebook	positivo		comentarios	blog	fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	facebook	neutral	arriendo	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6		neutral	publicar	comentarios				comprar
ids (2)

Test the following Macro:

Sub categorize()
  Dim rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range, f As Range
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, col As Long
 
  Set rng1 = Range("B2:F" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(3).Row)
  Set rng2 = Range("G:K")
  a = rng1.Value
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1), 1 To UBound(a, 2))
  col = rng2.Cells(1).Column - 1
 
  For i = 1 To UBound(a, 1)
    For j = 1 To UBound(a, 2)
      If a(i, j) <> "" Then
        Set f = rng2.Find(a(i, j), , xlValues, xlWhole, , , False)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then
          b(i, f.Column - col) = a(i, j)
        End If
      End If
    Next
  Next
 
  rng1.Value = b
End Sub

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (categorize) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "Yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

Note XL2BB:
For the future, it would help greatly if you could give us the sample data in a form that we can copy to test with, rather that a picture.
MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data that will allow us to copy/paste it to our Excel spreadsheets, so we can work with the same copy of data that you are. Instructions on using this tool can be found here: XL2BB Add-in
Note that there is also a "Test Here” forum on this board. This is a place where you can test using this tool (or any other posting techniques that you want to test) before trying to use those tools in your actual posts.


--------------
Let me know the result and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Sincerely
Dante Amor
--------------

Oh m y god Dante, thank you soooo much!! Indeed in the rush to post the thread, i forgot to translate one of the charts and also add the F column, my bad!!

I wanted to give the sample with XL2BB, i downloaded it, but the add ins option doesn't show up in my excel, i dont know why. Maybe the company's admin dissabeled it for security reasons, i don't know.

I'll definitely will try your macro, i'm not very good at them but i'll try to understand it and learn.

Thank you so much again!!!

 

[catae]

Hello @catae
Welcome to the MrExcel forum. Please accept my warmest greetings and sincere hope that all is well.

I think you missed column F.
If you have your data like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	comprar	facebook	neutral	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3	comentarios	positivo				Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	blog	comentarios	facebook	positivo		fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	arriendo	facebook	neutral	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6	comentarios	neutral	publicar					comprar
ids (2)

The result will be like this:

Dante Amor
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	ID	Channel	Feeling	Vertical	Type	Post	Canal	Polaridad	Transacción	Tipo de mensaje	Tipo de post
2	1_1	facebook	neutral	publicar	solicitud		facebook	Negativo	arriendo	asesoría	memes
3	1_2	facebook	neutral	comprar	solicitud		IG	positivo	crédito	comentarios	tendencia
4	1_3		positivo		comentarios		Tik Tok	neutral	publicar	solicitud	blog
5	1_4	facebook	positivo		comentarios	blog	fac		subasta		educativo
6	1_5	facebook	neutral	arriendo	solicitud				subsidio		free press
7	1_6		neutral	publicar	comentarios				comprar
ids (2)

Test the following Macro:

Sub categorize()
  Dim rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range, f As Range
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, col As Long
 
  Set rng1 = Range("B2:F" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(3).Row)
  Set rng2 = Range("G:K")
  a = rng1.Value
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1), 1 To UBound(a, 2))
  col = rng2.Cells(1).Column - 1
 
  For i = 1 To UBound(a, 1)
    For j = 1 To UBound(a, 2)
      If a(i, j) <> "" Then
        Set f = rng2.Find(a(i, j), , xlValues, xlWhole, , , False)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then
          b(i, f.Column - col) = a(i, j)
        End If
      End If
    Next
  Next
 
  rng1.Value = b
End Sub

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (categorize) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "Yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

Note XL2BB:
For the future, it would help greatly if you could give us the sample data in a form that we can copy to test with, rather that a picture.
MrExcel has a tool called “XL2BB” that lets you post samples of your data that will allow us to copy/paste it to our Excel spreadsheets, so we can work with the same copy of data that you are. Instructions on using this tool can be found here: XL2BB Add-in
Note that there is also a "Test Here” forum on this board. This is a place where you can test using this tool (or any other posting techniques that you want to test) before trying to use those tools in your actual posts.


--------------
Let me know the result and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Sincerely
Dante Amor
--------------

Dante, i followed your instructions and after i run the macro, this shows up...i don't know what to do

 

[DanteAmor]

Without the data you are running the macro with I can only guess.

Start by telling me what error message you get?

What data do you have in column A?
As per your example, in column A you should have the id.

Do you have errors in your cells, something like #N/A, #DIV/0, #NAME, #REF, etc?

Try the macro with my examples.
Copy the data from the minisheet and paste it into your sheet.


If you have errors in your cells try this macro:

Sub categorize()
  Dim rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range, f As Range
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, col As Long
  
  Set rng1 = Range("B2:F" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(3).Row)
  Set rng2 = Range("G:K")
  a = rng1.Value
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1), 1 To UBound(a, 2))
  
  col = rng2.Cells(1).Column - 1
  
  For i = 1 To UBound(a, 1)
    For j = 1 To UBound(a, 2)
      If Not IsError(a(i, j)) Then
        If a(i, j) <> "" Then
          Set f = rng2.Find(a(i, j), , xlValues, xlWhole, , , False)
          If Not f Is Nothing Then
            b(i, f.Column - col) = a(i, j)
          End If
        End If
      End If
    Next
  Next
  
  rng1.Value = b
End Sub

If you're having trouble, come back here and tell us what's wrong and what data you're testing with. If you couldn't add the XL2BB tool then share your file.

You could upload a copy of your file to a free site such www.dropbox.com or google drive. Once you do that, mark it for 'Sharing' and you will be given a link to the file that you can post here. If the workbook contains confidential information, you could replace it with generic data.

 

[catae]

Without the data you are running the macro with I can only guess.

Start by telling me what error message you get?

What data do you have in column A?
As per your example, in column A you should have the id.

Do you have errors in your cells, something like #N/A, #DIV/0, #NAME, #REF, etc?

Try the macro with my examples.
Copy the data from the minisheet and paste it into your sheet.


If you have errors in your cells try this macro:

Sub categorize()
  Dim rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range, f As Range
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim i As Long, j As Long, col As Long
 
  Set rng1 = Range("B2:F" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(3).Row)
  Set rng2 = Range("G:K")
  a = rng1.Value
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1), 1 To UBound(a, 2))
 
  col = rng2.Cells(1).Column - 1
 
  For i = 1 To UBound(a, 1)
    For j = 1 To UBound(a, 2)
      If Not IsError(a(i, j)) Then
        If a(i, j) <> "" Then
          Set f = rng2.Find(a(i, j), , xlValues, xlWhole, , , False)
          If Not f Is Nothing Then
            b(i, f.Column - col) = a(i, j)
          End If
        End If
      End If
    Next
  Next
 
  rng1.Value = b
End Sub

If you're having trouble, come back here and tell us what's wrong and what data you're testing with. If you couldn't add the XL2BB tool then share your file.

You could upload a copy of your file to a free site such www.dropbox.com or google drive. Once you do that, mark it for 'Sharing' and you will be given a link to the file that you can post here. If the workbook contains confidential information, you could replace it with generic data.

This one worked perectly, THANK YOUUU!!! I didn't see any errors, buy maybe there were and i didn't catch them because this new macro worked beautifullyyyyy... i can't thank you enough. I'll study the macro and see if i can understand what you did and learn . Have a great day!