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    Compare/Contrast Two Tables Using Conditional Formatting

    Hi All,

    I have two pivot tables of data that I would like to compare & contrast by highlighting the cells that are the same between the tables in green and the cells that differ between the tables in red.

    I imagine this could be done without VBA, however one conundrum I am running into is that table1 has more information than table2. Thus, not all of the information in the two tables geometrically match up. Nonetheless, the info that does match up is paired by the same primary and secondary keys.

    Any recommendations on how I may proceed?

    Thank you!
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    Re: Compare/Contrast Two Tables Using Conditional Formatting

    This may be possible with conditional formatting but we need much more specific information about data layout. Please post a file with sample data. Define what "cells that are the same" means; what the primary and secondary keys and what do you mean by that (I know what a key is but primary and secondary suggests there is some precedence, which makes sense for sorting but not for matching). If the tables do match up, what do want to do with the cells in one that don't exist at all in the other?
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    Re: Compare/Contrast Two Tables Using Conditional Formatting

    Thank you so much for your response.

    You'll see that it is a two way pivot table. By the "same" I meant that the actual data that populates both tables. Maybe primary and secondary keys wasn't the right phrasing.

    For the cells that exist in one but not the other, we can leave those alone.

    For example, what I would want marked green in table 1 is 7/12/2015, player ID 2, the value in table 1 is 7. This matches with table 2.

    What I would want marked red in table 1 is 7/26/2015, player ID 9, the value in table 1 is 7. The value in table 2 for 7/26/2015 and player ID 9 is 5. These do not match up.

    Does this clarify it all?
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    Last edited by AJKim; 06-17-2015 at 04:16 PM. Reason: Fix the sample file

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    Re: Compare/Contrast Two Tables Using Conditional Formatting

    Attached is a corrected and easier to work with version of the sample file.

    Sample LayoutV2.xlsx

    Thanks again for all of your help this is saving me haha

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