Comparing Data Between Two Spreadsheets

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keltikroze Posts 1 Registration date Friday October 17, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 17, 2014 - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:30 AM
venkat1926 Posts 1863 Registration date Sunday June 14, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen August 7, 2021 - Oct 19, 2014 at 01:08 AM
I have two spreadsheets that includes account number, name, and a charge amount for one (positive number) and a waiver amount (negative number) on the other. Both lists are very similar and may contain the same people, but one may have names the other does not.

Exampe:
List A
ID NAME Charge
1 Joe 50
2 Jane 50
2 Jane 50
3 Judy 50

List B
ID NAME Waiver
1 Joe -50
2 Jane -50

In this example, Joe was charged $50 and then it was waived. Jane was charged $50 twice, but one was waived, so she still owes $50. Judy was charged $50, but was never waived so she owes this amount.

How can get Excel to auto compare these for me and either highlight the differences or pop into a new spreadsheet/cell?

Example of different data:
ID NAME Charge
2 Jane 50
3 Judy 50

Can anyone help me? I'm thinking a Macro or an IF statement of some kind. Maybe even a VLookup?

Thank you,
Keltikroze
<<email address removed>>@aol.com

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venkat1926 Posts 1863 Registration date Sunday June 14, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen August 7, 2021 811
Oct 19, 2014 at 01:08 AM
open the file from

http://speedy.sh/DWrku/keltikroze-141019.xlsx



in sheet 1 unique names (you can use advance filter to get unique name of col B (B1 kto B5) are copied from A11 downb

sees formuls in B11 (which is invoked by control shift enter),C11 and D11
copy these formulas down


if you need a macro,record macro making these steps and edit macro
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