Copy cells from specific row if the value from another cells match

[saloro]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my accounting data analysis. I have two workbooks, let's call them "MAIN" and "DATA". Both are exported from another program, that's why they are in separate files, although they can be on separate worhsheets if there is a need. I have to copy cells from "DATA" workbook to "MAIN", based on "Description" column. Copied values have to be from the same row where description was found. Also another difficulty is that description sometimes is not exact, but I need to find all occurrences. I tried to solve this with VLOOKUP and other formulas, the results were poor and when I tried to copy a formula by dragging the fill handle it all messed up.


"MAIN" looks like this:

Date	Account1	Settlement	Dt	Ct	Description	Currency	Transaction type
		settlementX		25,00	ABC
		settlementX	25,00		DEF
		settlementY		39,00	GHI
		settlementY	39,00		JKL

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"DATA" looks like this.

Account2	Id1	Id2	Document symbol	Description	Dt2	Ct2	Date	Document number	Id3	Id4	Id5	Id6	Id7
111-2-333-33333-5555	00	00000		ABC	25,00				111	2	333	33333	5555
777-2-888-88888-5555	00	00000		JKL		39,00			777	2	888	88888	5555
777-2-333-33333-5555	00	00000		DEF		22,00			777	2	333	33333	5555
777-2-333-33333-5555	01	99999		DEFg		3,00			777	2	333	33333	5555
111-2-333-33333-5555	27	99999		CCC	8,50				111	2	333	33333	5555
111-2-888-88888-5555	00	00000		GHI	39,00				111	2	888	88888	5555
111-2-333-33333-5555	00	00000		DDD	13,49				111	2	333	33333	5555

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Result:

Date	Account1	Settlement	Dt	Ct	Description	Currency	Transaction type	Id3	Id4	Id5	Id6	Id7	Id1	Id2	Dt2	Ct2
		settlementX		25,00	ABC			111	2	333	33333	5555	00	00000	25,00
		settlementX	25,00		DEF			777	2	333	33333	5555	00	00000		22,00
		settlementY		39,00	GHI			111	2	888	88888	5555	00	00000	39,00
		settlementY	39,00		JKL			777	2	888	88888	5555	00	00000		39,00
		settlementX			DEFg			777	2	333	33333	5555	01	99999		3,00

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I tried to make it as readable as possible, forgive me if anything is unclear.
I would be very grateful for some help or tips.

 

[JLGWhiz]

While you can use fuzzy lookup to find similar Description data, since you are dealing with accounting data my advice would be to first edit your Description data so it is standard in both sheets, then do your automation.

 

[saloro]

While you can use fuzzy lookup to find similar Description data, since you are dealing with accounting data my advice would be to first edit your Description data so it is standard in both sheets, then do your automation.

Thank you for the advice, but I can only use standard Excel version at work, I can't download any add-ins unfortunatelly. I can code my own VBA if this would be the only option, but I don't know VBA very well, that's why I tried different formulas.