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Sorting Non Contiguous Ranges

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    Sorting Non Contiguous Ranges

    I have a spreadsheet that I have developed at work to track sales related data. As part of the reporting for this data, it is sorted by date. I have been asked to capture some additional related data and due to the structure of the spreadsheet(that has been in use several months with no issues) I can not put the additional data in adjacent columns without doing a complete redesign of the format.

    I can place the data several columns away.... The data "in the middle" is static and is used for other calculations and should not be sorted. Is there a way to sort both ranges of data WITHOUT disturbing the columns separating them and keep the proper relationship with the data?

    See attached for a very simple example. In this data set the "original" data was in range A2:E11 the "New" data is in Range I2:M11. It would make life simple if I could do something like this (but it sorts everything in between)
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    Thanks in advance for any insight into this

    -Lee
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    Re: Sorting Non Contiguous Ranges

    Hi

    In the range A2:E11, is there a unique key that relates to each line of data? If so, then the additional data can be stored elsewhere, along with that key, and you can use formulas to bring back the related data when the first range is sorted. Viable???

    rylo

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    Re: Sorting Non Contiguous Ranges

    Yes, that makes sense. There is a unique key.

    I have not thought of that angle but it makes my task easier....

    Sometimes all it takes is a push in the right direction. Thanks for the feedback. I will mark this solved.

    -Lee

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