August 19, 2020 - by Bill Jelen When you use VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, or INDEX/MATCH, Excel is expecting an exact match. But in real life, data is messy. Several years ago, the research team at Microsoft Labs released a free Fuzzy Lookup add-in. The functionality was never added to Excel, but later showed up in SQL Server. However, the free tool is still available from https://mrx.cl/fuzzylookup Download and install the add-in. The last step of the install process lets you open the install folder where you will you will find a ReadMe document and a sample Excel file. Open the sample file. On the Fuzzy Lookup tab, choose Fuzzy Lookup. In the panel that opens, choose the Left Table, the Right Table, and the columns in common.  Optionally, choose that you want to see the best 2 or best N matches. Although it is more work, I always ask for at least two matches because Fuzzy Matches are never perfect. Here are the results. Note if you had asked for only 1 match, you would not see the choice between Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Also - beware of Fuzzy Match algorithms: ATT Corp and ITT Corporation are very similar and could be reported as a match. Someone should always review the matches to determine if they are accurate. Title Photo: Dayne Topkin at Unsplash.com This article is an excerpt from MrExcel 2020 - Seeing Excel Clearly.
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Disclaimer: This webpage is intended to provide you information about patch announcement for certain specific software products. The information is provided "As Is" without warranty of any kind. The links provided point to pages on the vendors websites. You can get more information by clicking the links to visit the relevant pages on the vendors website. How do I download and add fuzzy Lookup in Excel?We do this by clicking on the File tab, and then selecting Options/Add-Ins. In the menu below, select the COM Add-Ins option, and then in the window that appears, select the option to activate. If you've done everything right, a new ribbon wil appear that contains only one option will appear – Fuzzy Lookup!
How do I install fuzzy in Excel?Uninstall any previous versions of Fuzzy Lookup Add-In for Excel.. Run Setup.exe to install the add-in per-user.. Save Setup.exe, right-click Setup.exe and Run As Administrator.. How do I find duplicate fuzzy cells in Excel?Select the search range in your table and you will see its address in the Select range field at the top. Tip. If you want to find fuzzy duplicates in a single column, select this column or any cell in that column. To fuzzy match within several Excel columns or any block of cells, select them.
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