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How to easily delete unwanted data

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    How to easily delete unwanted data

    Hi there. I hope somebody can help with this problem.

    Basically the problem is, I have a spreadsheet where the results look like this.

    Column A Shop no, column B Ragion, Colum C Area, Column D Data figures Colum E comparative data figures Column F variance bewteen the two data figures.

    I have done this and have managed to highlight the shops where there is a variance greater than or less than 0 using conditional formatting and if function.

    However, this spreadsheet is very large and what I now need is solely the shops with corresponding regions and areas where there is a variance on a seperate summary sheet.

    I have tried to get this by a pivot table but that wouldn't exclude the ones with no variance and the only way I could do it was to copy and paste values, filter and delete unwanted cells.

    However, this was quite time consuming and there are quite a few of these spreadsheets and was wondering if there was a more professional and easy way of doing this?

    Ideall I would like the exception data to be put afterwards into a pivot table for summary for each region and area.

    If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you

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    Re: How to easily delete unwanted data

    I would add a 6th column. This column would show true or false (or yes or no). Name column "Variance Positive?". Then put in a formula such as: IF(F1>=0,"YES","NO"), then copy down column. You can then add this column as a report filter at the top and click "YES" only.

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