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    Compare Names within the same column

    Hi,

    I have 16 k rows of companies names. The list contains information from different data systems. That's why, we may have the same supplier with slightly different names.

    My job is to "group" (normalize) this suppliers.

    The issue is that I have all of them under one column. Therefore, I can't use the fuzzy look-up add-in.

    For example:

    Apple
    ADIDAS
    DELL
    Nike Inc.
    Nike
    Nike LLC
    Xiaomi

    Please advise.

    Regards,

    Nangys

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    Re: Compare Names within the same column

    Did you try filtering the column with "starts with" or "contains"?
    E.g. when you set a filter on the column with "Starts with" "nike" and make it case-insensitive then you would get the rows with "Nike Inc.", "Nike", "Nike LLC" etc.
    Cheers!
    Tsjallie




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