Excel - Sort and remove duplicates from column A
In column A I have PC Names, In column B I have the location name and column C the speed data.
The data shows PC abc several times with different or sometimes the same speed data. I only need the highest speed and to remove any duplicate PC Names as I only want one instance of the PC Name. I have the data sorted by speed data (column C) but have several instances of the same PC name showing up and it's not all together. I've tried sorting by column C highest to lowest and adding sort column A by A-Z but I find the PC names in Column A all over the place and not sorted together.
Basically I need the speed data highest to lowest and only 1 instance of the PC Name. This will tell me who is running the highest speed without mistakenly contacting them twice or three times.
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The data shows PC abc several times with different or sometimes the same speed data. I only need the highest speed and to remove any duplicate PC Names as I only want one instance of the PC Name. I have the data sorted by speed data (column C) but have several instances of the same PC name showing up and it's not all together. I've tried sorting by column C highest to lowest and adding sort column A by A-Z but I find the PC names in Column A all over the place and not sorted together.
Basically I need the speed data highest to lowest and only 1 instance of the PC Name. This will tell me who is running the highest speed without mistakenly contacting them twice or three times.
Please see attached file for sample.
Exchange-Sample.xls
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It is Excel 2010 and I have tried that but it removed all but two instances of the duplicates. Not sure why I could not get it down to just showing 1 PC name.
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Sorry forgot to add this piece.
I would like 1 PC Name only showing and then sort the speed data highest to lowests.
I would like 1 PC Name only showing and then sort the speed data highest to lowests.
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OK, I tried the pivot table but I'm not sure now how to sort on the Data Field? It is set to Max.
So just to understand well you want to sort by max speed within the same Computer name and only keep the highest value per computer name and delete the other data for the same computer name and so on for all computers ??
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gowflow that is correct.
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While neither of these solutions worked 100% the pivot table came the closest. I think my data had some issues and while I have less duplication I still have some.
Thank you both for your efforts.
Thank you both for your efforts.
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