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Hide Duplicate Records based on TimeStamp

Greetings

I have a data stream in to Excel Spreadsheets (1301, 1302, 1303, etc.) within a single Workbook. I have VBA routines to Delete Duplicate Records but they do not consider the TimeStamps. I need to "Hide" Records and not "Delete"

ColA ColB ColC Cold
1/02/2013 CustA data data
1/13/2013 CustA data data
1/13/2013 CustB data data
1/08/2013 CustA data data
1/21/2013 CustB data data
1/13/2013 CustC data data
1/18/2013 CustB data data
1/13/2013 CustD data data

I need to "Hide" Records with earlier TimeStamps (ColA) by ColB (Customer)' I wish only to View a Customers Later Record based on TimeStamp (ColA). I must retail all data for a historical record.

ColA ColB ColC Cold
1/13/2013 CustA data data
1/21/2013 CustB data data
1/13/2013 CustC data data
1/13/2013 CustD data data

This should run on Active Worksheet

Regards,

Dave

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Martin Liss

Note that the above assumes that your data starts in row 2.

srlittle

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Took a while to walk thru your solution. Very nice. I learned a few things. Your code Hides Old Duplicates as expected, however the EntireRow.Hidden property does not allow me to Unhide the Hidden Rows from the Files/Unhide Button (It is grayed Out). However the Right Click "Unhide" works. I need to do this to view Historical Data. Your solution works and I accept with gratitude.

Regards,
Dave

srlittle

ASKER

My coding expertise is more centerd on data manipulation. I always enjoy learning more about the power of Workbook/Worksheet Properties and functions.

Martin Liss

I'm not familiar with Files/Unhide but here's a companion macro you can use to unhide the rows. Do you know how to assign a shortcut key to the macro?

Sub ShowAll()

Dim lngLastRow As Long
lngLastRow = Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row

Rows("1:" & lngLastRow).EntireRow.Hidden = False

End Sub

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In any case I'm glad I was able to help.

Marty - MVP 2009 to 2013