Hi JCraig, First of all, sorry for late response.
My approach relies on creation of a helper column. In that column you should write this formula =g2&h2 and copy it down. Next select your data and click on conditional formatting. Manage rules. Use a formula to determine which cells to format. New rule. =countif($i$2:i2;i2)>1. Choose the format you want. Hope this helps. Vândalo. Quarta-feira, 15 de Janeiro de 2014 20:35:23 UTC, JCraig escreveu: > > Hello Forum. > I use this forum extensively for review and research yet I have never > submitted a question before so hopefully someone may be able to help me > figure this conundrum out . > > I spent several hours researching and trying to figure out how to > conditionally format my file to highlight duplicate data within sets of > data within the sheet rather than within the (whole) sheet itself. I cannot > find reference to application functionality which supports this so I think > it may be a custom VBA thing; to which I have little experience with. > > Although my file consists of approx 20,000 records I have included my > excel sheet of data show what it is I am trying to accomplish. My file > consists of (and sorted by) unique course numbers (col H) to corresponding > descriptions (col G); a one to many relationship.... unique course# to > several possible descriptions. > > I would like to highlight descriptions if they are duplicates, but only by > course number groups. So the VBA would look at the range of unique records > in column H (course#) and highlight all column G records (course > description) if column G records are duplicates. When the course number > changes; repeat. Make sense? > > My intent is to be able to sort out the duplicates so I am left with only > the non-duplicates for review. Otherwise I have to look at each record in > my file to determine if an update is needed; yikes! > > Again, thanks for reading and helping if you can. > > J > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
