Filter, Index, or Vlookup?

JamesM8827

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Hello,

I trying to figure out the best way to group data according to a few fields available. In a nut shell, I have many different facility names in my data, however, because of humans entering different versions of the facility name, it's becoming impossible to pivot out correctly. i.e. Hunters Cabin, Hunter's Cabin, Bunter's Cabin, etc. There are slight inconsistencies with the names in my column 1. They are all the supposed to be the same facility name though. I do have city, state, zip, fax, and telephone number though, so it's my thought that with this data, I can narrow down my list. I am trying to project how many units each facility has produced for all of 2018. My list is much longer than presented in the image, and I made up the facility names for the hypothetical situation. So bottom line, how do I narrow this list down so the facility names are grouped according to address, city, state, etc.? I want to pivot the end result out.

Thank you!
James

FacilityAdd1Add2CityStateZipFaxMktRepKeySales Rep1-Jan1-Feb1-Mar1-May1-Jun1-July1-Aug1-Sep1-Oct1-Nov1-Dec1-Jan1-FebGrand Total
Bunters Cabin
1030 Wellness WayMilfordpa194406104024567113Jimmy Neutron56782etcetc
Hunter's Cabin222 Resort RoadCherry Hillpa19560610402456734james Kaleny56785etc
Long Cabin121 S. Cedar Crest BlvdBethlehempaetc610402456734234Dorris B56784etc
Long's CabinetcPhiladelphiapaetc610402456733etc56787etc
Long CabinetcWilmingtonpaetc610402456755etc56783etc
Longer's Cabinetcetcpaetc6105027567223etc5678223etetcetcetceetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetcpaetc610502756723etc56782etcetcetcetcetcetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetcpaetc61050275674etc567832etcetcetcetcetcetcetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetcpaetc610502756756etc56783etcetcetcetcetcetcetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetcvaetc610502756753
Bunters Cabinetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetc
Bunters Cabinetcetc
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin
Bunters Cabin

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The SUBTOTAL and AGGREGATE functions ignore hidden rows. AGGREGATE can also exclude error cells and more.
If you have consistent phone#'s you could use them as your sort group.
If not you could make a matchkey concept.
- Concatenate to a helper column zip & a portion of the street address (to avoid 'St.', 'Street', etc. - with 5 character zip you don't need city/state)
- Use the matchkey as your sort group.
 
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