match two column in alphabetical order help

**leadq** · 05-14-2022, 10:00 AM

hello
i have two column each have set of product names but one column dose have names that aren't in the other column so how to organize the two column so they have identical rows
like
column one column two
product product
a b
b c
c a
d d
e
f
g
i want to sort the two column like this
product
a a
b b
c c
d d
e
f
g

**alansidman** · 05-14-2022, 10:07 AM

Bring each column into Power Query as a Table. Do a left outer join. Close and Load to a location you select.

Power Query is a free AddIn for Excel 2010 and 2013, and is built-in functionality from Excel 2016 onwards (where it is referred to as "Get & Transform Data").

It is a powerful yet simple way of getting, changing and using data from a broad variety of sources, creating steps which may be easily repeated and refreshed. I strongly recommend learning how to use Power Query - it's among the most powerful functionalities of Excel.

- Follow this link to learn how to install Power Query in Excel 2010 / 2013.

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