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    Rule for removing duplicates in data

    I'm trying to find out the rule for de-duplicating data. I am removing duplicates based on an identification number in a data set of about 6000 records, including the duplicates (some records appear about 4 times). Due to the nature of the data I'm working with, there are only a handful of records that are "true" duplicates, i.e. some of the records appear 4 times but there is a difference in terms of location, etc and some are true duplicates in that there is no difference.
    I need to know how Excel removes duplicates - does it only keep the first line that it finds for that identification number?
    Also, is there a way that I could create a rule for it to keep the record with the highest rate for example?

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    Re: Rule for removing duplicates in data

    Post a (small) excel file, without confidential information.

    Please also post the desired result.

    I think of adding columns together and then find the duplicated rows.
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    Re: Rule for removing duplicates in data

    I have attached an example file - you will see that one is a duplicate with all the info the same, and the others are duplicates with variances. I have not attached an example for the desired result because the desired result is that I would be able to stipulate a rule for which duplicates to remove, for example, remove duplicates based on identification but keep the row with the highest rate.

    I hope that makes sense..
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    Re: Rule for removing duplicates in data

    The yellow cell is the duplicated one.

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