How to apply fuzzy lookup to find approximate match result in Excel?

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Sometimes, we not only need to do exactly lookup, but also want to do a fuzzy lookup as below screenshot shown. Actually, in Excel, the Find and Replace function somewhat help you for fuzzy lookup.

Supposing you have a range A1:B6 as below screenshot shown, you want to fuzzy lookup string “apple” without case insensitive or the “app” in this range. You can apply the Find and Replace feature to handle the job.

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Look up in non-case sensitive

1. Select the range you want to look up, press Ctrl + F keys to enable the Find and Replace function, type the string you want to look up in the Find what textbox.

2. Click Options to expand the dialog, uncheck Match case option, but check Match entire cell contents option.

3. Click Find All, the strings not in case sensitive have been listed.

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Look up part of string

1. Select range and press Ctrl + F keys to enable the Find and Replace function, and type the part string you want to look up in the Find what textbox, uncheck Match entire cell contents option, if you need also can uncheck Match case.

2. Click Find All, the cells which contain the string have been listed.

Fuzzy lookup one value or multiple values with a handy tool

If you need to lookup one values approximately or find out all approximate values at the same time, you can use the Fuzzy Lookup feature of Kutools for Excel.

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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

Lookup one value approximately

Supposing you want to lookup a value “app” in range A1:A7, but the number of different characters cannot be more than 2, and the number of characters must be large than 1.

1. Click Kutools > Find > Fuzzy Lookup to enable the Fuzzy Lookup pane.

2. In the popping pane, do as these:

1) Select the range you used to find, you can check Specified to fix the searching range.

2) Check Find by specified text checkbox.

3) Type the value you want to fuzzy search based on in the Text textbox.

4) Specify the searching criteria as you need.

3. Click Find button, then click the down arrow to expand the list to view the searching results.

Fuzzy lookup multiple values

Supposing you want to find all approximate values in a range A1:B7, you can do as below:

1. Click Kutools > Find > Fuzzy Lookup to enable the Fuzzy Lookup pane.

2. In the Fuzzy Lookup pane, select the searching range, and then specify the searching criteria as you need.

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3. Click Find button to go to the searching result view, then click down arrow to expand the list.

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$120 (per person) includes an online webinar for 2 hours of CPE credit

Microsoft Excel provides many tools that can be used to perform many different types of data analysis useful to the audit process. Specifically, the Data Analysis Toolpak can be added to Microsoft Excel and can be used to perform a variety of different analyses including sampling, random number generation, correlation, descriptive statistics, histograms, and regression. Additionally, the Fuzzy Lookup add-in can help auditors find inconsistent (or fuzzy) data increasing the likelihood to find mismatched data.

Participants should have Excel for Microsoft 365, Excel 2019, or Excel 2016 installed on their computer prior to attending this workshop. Workshop instructors will be demonstrating Excel for Windows and will make note of Mac differences when significant.

Learning objectives:

  • Install the data analysis toolpak
  • Perform analyses including correlation, descriptive statistics, histograms, and regression on data
  • Perform sampling and random number generation on data
  • Install the fuzzy lookup add-in
  • Perform a fuzzy lookup on data
How

Program Level: Beginning
Field of Study: Auditing
Who Should Attend: Auditors
Prerequisites: none
Instructional Method: Webinar (Group Internet Based)
Advanced Preparation Required: Participants should have Excel for Microsoft 365, Excel 2019, or Excel 2016 installed on their computer prior to attending this workshop.
CPE Credit Hours: 2
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Central

Microsoft Excel Data Analysis Toolpak: From Beginner to Expert Webinar Leaders:

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Wendy Tietz, Professor, Kent State University

Wendy M. Tietz, PhD, CPA, CMA, CSCA, CGMA, is a professor in the Department of Accounting in the College of Business Administration at Kent State University, where she teaches financial and managerial accounting. Dr. Tietz is a Certified Microsoft Trainer and has earned the Microsoft Office Specialist Excel designation. She is a member of the American Accounting Association, IMA, AICPA, and the Ohio Society of CPAs. She has published articles in such journals as Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, IMA Educational Case Journal, and others. Dr. Tietz has received several national teaching awards and is the co-author of two accounting textbooks published by Pearson Education.

Tracie Miller-Nobles, Professor, Austin Community College

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Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, CPA, is an associate professor at Austin Community College. Prof. Miller-Nobles received her master’s degree in accounting and is working on her doctoral degree in Adult Education from Texas A&M University. She is on the Board of Directors for the American Accounting Association and on the Board of Directors for Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges. Tracie has received several teaching and professional awards including the AAA J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook Prize, TXCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator, and TXCPA Rising Star. Prof. Miller-Nobles is a co-author of Horngren’s Accounting published by Pearson.