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    Hi,

    I have a master key with the list of employees full name in (last name, first name Middle) format and their corresponding ID's.

    I also have a list with employee first and last name only that I use to retrieve their employee ID's.

    The problem is their first and last name don't necessary match the word for word of their first and last name. It doesn't include any middle names.

    Is there a way to look up these ID's if they closely resemble the master key?

    I've attached the excel workbook with sample employee details.
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    Re: Index and Match Employee ID

    This is probably the closest you are going to get:

    =IFNA(INDEX($E$3:$E$7,MATCH(C3&","&LEFT(B3,2)&"*",$F$3:$F$7,0)),"")

    I would strongly suggest that you have one central name of employees and have ALL other entry points driven by a drop-down selection box based on that central list.

    Fuzzy lookups are extremely hard to cater for with a formula.
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    Re: Index and Match Employee ID

    Is it possible to merge the last name and first name and compare word for word and if it contains at most 90% of the letters then return the employee ID?

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    Re: Index and Match Employee ID

    YOu can merge the names with a formula, but that's it - you can't do fuzzy logic with a formula.

    You might want to look at the Microsoft Fuzzy Lookup add-in.

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    Re: Index and Match Employee ID

    It's possible... but it won't really work well.

    Best bet Microsoft fuzzy lookup addin free from their www...


    https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/down....aspx?id=15011
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