Calculating number of matching relationships between two columns

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kaisered

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Hi, First of all apologies if I've not titled this correctly (it might be why my days of searching have returned nothing).
I have two columns of data one showing storage locations the second showing invoice numbers. What I'm trying to achieve is a way to find out how many times any location is found with any other location on the same invoice number, so from the sample below SAA11 and SEC41 have sold together once. Hopefully that makes sense, the full list is over 3000 rows and would ideally be a lot larger to give more accurate information.

[TABLE="width: 133"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]
[TABLE="width: 133"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]Location
[/TD]
[TD="width: 114, bgcolor: transparent"]Invoice
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SAA11
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978161
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SEC41
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978161
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SAD22
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978162
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SHF53
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978162
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SKA73
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978162
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SJB41
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978163
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SBD71
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978164
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SAB21
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978165
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SAC11
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978165
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SEA52
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978165
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent"]SFA71
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]85978165
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 

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Welcome to the board. A pivot table should be able to show you this relationship
 
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Thanks for the welcome and quick reply.
I'm not too good with pivot tables but I'd thought the same thing and had a bash a couple of days ago but didn't get what I was after. (I'm still not sure I've explained the problem properly to be honest as I can usually muddle through with a bit of searching). Maybe the mockup below will be clearer. From that I can see that on 3 different invoices SAA11 was accessed with SAA12.
[TABLE="width: 480"]
<colgroup><col width="64" style="width: 48pt;" span="10"> <tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA12 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA21 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB21 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB22 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB23 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAC11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"]SAC21 [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA12 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAA21 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB21 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB22 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAB23 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAC11 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent"]SAC21 [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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With a pivot table in the rows group you use the field Invoice and under that field you insert Location and in the totals column make sure it's the count of.

You may want to watch a few YouTube videos on Pivot Table if reading about them isn't facilitating, however, whilst above can be achieved with a macro (I do not believe it can with a formula but someone else on this board may know how), you're asking for the wheel to be re-invented when a perfectly usable Excel feature already exists.

Lets see if someone suggests a coded solution, though my recommendation would still be use and therefore learn about pivot tables.
 
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