Group By Character Name and list all Scene numbers

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Hello All, Hope you are doing Fine.

I have Excel data as shown in the below table. Can anyone help me to get the desired output?

SCENE NUMBER
CHARACTER NAME
E01 SC 01​
MICHAEL
E01 SC 01​
JACK
E01 SC 01​
ELIZABETH
E01 SC 02​
JOHN
E01 SC 02​
MICHAEL
E01 SC 03​
JACK
E01 SC 03​
SAMANTHA
E01 SC 03​
MICHAEL
E01 SC 03​
LOGAN​
E01 SC 04​
ELIZABETH
E01 SC 04​
SAMANTHA
E01 SC 04​
LOGAN​
E01 SC 05​
MICHAEL
E01 SC 05​
JACK
E02 SC 01​
EVAN​
E02 SC 01​
ELIZABETH
E02 SC 01​
JOHN
E02 SC 02​
MICHAEL
E02 SC 02​
SAMANTHA
E02 SC 03​
ANGEL​
E02 SC 03​
LOGAN​
E02 SC 04​
JOHN
E02 SC 04​
MICHAEL
E02 SC 05​
JACK
E02 SC 06​
MICHAEL
E02 SC 07​
ANGEL​
E02 SC 07​
LOGAN​
E02 SC 08​
SAMANTHA
E02 SC 09​
JACK
E02 SC 09​
JOHN
E02 SC 10​
MICHAEL

In the above sheet, I have character names from the scene. I need to prepare Character-wise scene numbers for my project. So, by making characters unique I need to create a list of scene numbers.

EXPECTED OUTPUT : (Note: Below output is Just to understand the requirement only but not precisely like this)

I need to get all the scene numbers list for the character.

MICHAEL -
E01 SC 01, E01 SC 02, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 06, E02 SC 10
JACK - E01 SC 01, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 05, E02 SC 09
ELIZABETH - E01 SC 01, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 01
JOHN - E01 SC 02, E02 SC 01, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 09
SAMANTHA - E01 SC 03, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 08
LOGAN - E01 SC 03, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 03, E02 SC 07
EVAN - E02 SC 01
ANGEL - E02 SC 03, E02 SC 07

If there is any way to achieve this, Please help me.

Thanks in advance!
 
If you would prefer a macro
VBA Code:
Sub signup()
   Dim Cl As Range
   Dim Dic As Object
  
   Set Dic = CreateObject("scripting.dictionary")
   With Sheets("Master")
      For Each Cl In .Range("B2", .Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
         If Not Dic.Exists(Cl.Value) Then
            Dic.Add Cl.Value, Cl.Offset(, -1).Value
         Else
            Dic(Cl.Value) = Dic(Cl.Value) & ", " & Cl.Offset(, -1).Value
         End If
      Next Cl
      .Range("D2").Resize(Dic.Count, 2).Value = Application.Transpose(Array(Dic.keys, Dic.items))
   End With
End Sub
Change sheet name to suit.
Thank you so much, Will try with this also..
 
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Sure, Thanks for sharing this. Before that, can u do quick help with this one? As you already said still I'm getting the error with the Table name..

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I thought it is worksheet name so kept it as "Table1". Plz dont mind and Plz consider me as noobie.

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remember that source table name should be the same as in the code (here is Table1)
your source range should be an Excel Table (Ctrl+T) then check the name of source table and change in the code to this name
sheet name is not a Table name
tblname.png

or check in Name Manager
 
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your source range should be an Excel Table (Ctrl+T) then check the name of source table and change in the code to this name
sheet name is not a Table name
View attachment 31138
or check in Name Manager
Thank you so much, I got the required result now. You saved a lot of time. Thank you so much :)
 
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Thanks for that.
With a formula
+Fluff 1.xlsm
ABCDE
1SCENE NUMBERCHARACTER NAME
2E01 SC 01MICHAELMICHAELE01 SC 01, E01 SC 02, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 06, E02 SC 10
3E01 SC 01JACKELIZABETHE01 SC 01, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 01
4E01 SC 01ELIZABETHJACKE01 SC 01, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 05, E02 SC 09
5E01 SC 02JOHNSAMANTHAE01 SC 03, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 08
6E01 SC 02MICHAELJOHNE01 SC 02, E02 SC 01, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 09
7E01 SC 03JACKANGELE02 SC 03, E02 SC 07
8E01 SC 03SAMANTHA  
9E01 SC 03MICHAEL  
10E01 SC 03LOGAN  
11E01 SC 04ELIZABETH  
12E01 SC 04SAMANTHA  
13E01 SC 04LOGAN
14E01 SC 05MICHAEL
15E01 SC 05JACK
16E02 SC 01EVAN
17E02 SC 01ELIZABETH
18E02 SC 01JOHN
19E02 SC 02MICHAEL
20E02 SC 02SAMANTHA
21E02 SC 03ANGEL
22E02 SC 03LOGAN
23E02 SC 04JOHN
24E02 SC 04MICHAEL
25E02 SC 05JACK
26E02 SC 06MICHAEL
27E02 SC 07ANGEL
28E02 SC 07LOGAN
29E02 SC 08SAMANTHA
30E02 SC 09JACK
31E02 SC 09JOHN
32E02 SC 10MICHAEL
33
34
Main
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2:D12D2=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$4000,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($B$2:$B$4000)-ROW($B$2)+1)/(ISNA(MATCH($B$2:$B$4000,D$1:D1,0)))/($B$2:$B$4000<>""),ROWS(D$2:D2))),"")
E2:E12E2=IF(D2="","",TEXTJOIN(", ",,IF($B$2:$B$8552=D2,$A$2:$A$8552,"")))
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.

@Fluff I tried for a while but have come to the conclusion that there is no way to use 'Let' to turn this into a single cell formula. Just curious what you think.

Either way, here's as close as I got using the dynamic array formulas.

Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2:D9D2=UNIQUE(SORT(B2:B32))
E2:E9E2=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF($B$2:$B$32=D2,$A$2:$A$32,""))
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas surrounded with curly braces.
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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I very much doubt it's possible & even if it is I don't really see any benefit.
That said I realised that I messed up the formula for col D it should be
+Fluff 1.xlsm
ABCDE
1SCENE NUMBERCHARACTER NAME
2E01 SC 01MICHAELMICHAELE01 SC 01, E01 SC 02, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 06, E02 SC 10
3E01 SC 01JACKJACKE01 SC 01, E01 SC 03, E01 SC 05, E02 SC 05, E02 SC 09
4E01 SC 01ELIZABETHELIZABETHE01 SC 01, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 01
5E01 SC 02JOHNJOHNE01 SC 02, E02 SC 01, E02 SC 04, E02 SC 09
6E01 SC 02MICHAELSAMANTHAE01 SC 03, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 02, E02 SC 08
7E01 SC 03JACKLOGANE01 SC 03, E01 SC 04, E02 SC 03, E02 SC 07
8E01 SC 03SAMANTHAEVANE02 SC 01
9E01 SC 03MICHAELANGELE02 SC 03, E02 SC 07
10E01 SC 03LOGAN  
11E01 SC 04ELIZABETH  
12E01 SC 04SAMANTHA 
13E01 SC 04LOGAN
14E01 SC 05MICHAEL
15E01 SC 05JACK
16E02 SC 01EVAN
17E02 SC 01ELIZABETH
18E02 SC 01JOHN
19E02 SC 02MICHAEL
20E02 SC 02SAMANTHA
21E02 SC 03ANGEL
22E02 SC 03LOGAN
23E02 SC 04JOHN
24E02 SC 04MICHAEL
25E02 SC 05JACK
26E02 SC 06MICHAEL
27E02 SC 07ANGEL
28E02 SC 07LOGAN
29E02 SC 08SAMANTHA
30E02 SC 09JACK
31E02 SC 09JOHN
32E02 SC 10MICHAEL
33
Main
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E2:E11E2=IF(D2="","",TEXTJOIN(", ",,IF($B$2:$B$8552=D2,$A$2:$A$8552,"")))
D2:D10D2=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$4000,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($B$2:$B$4000)-ROW($B$2)+1)/(ISNA(MATCH($B$2:$B$4000,D$1:D1,0)))/($B$2:$B$4000<>""),1)),"")
D11:D12D11=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$4000,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($B$2:$B$4000)-ROW($B$2)+1)/(ISNA(MATCH($B$2:$B$4000,D$1:D10,0)))/($B$2:$B$4000<>""),ROWS(D$2:D11))),"")
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.
 
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SCENE NUMBERCHARACTER NAMECHARACTER NAMESCENE NUMBER
E01 SC 01MICHAELMICHAELE01 SC 01,E01 SC 02,E01 SC 03,E01 SC 05,E02 SC 02,E02 SC 04,E02 SC 06,E02 SC 10
E01 SC 01JACKJACKE01 SC 01,E01 SC 03,E01 SC 05,E02 SC 05,E02 SC 09
E01 SC 01ELIZABETHELIZABETHE01 SC 01,E01 SC 04,E02 SC 01
E01 SC 02JOHNJOHNE01 SC 02,E02 SC 01,E02 SC 04,E02 SC 09
E01 SC 02MICHAELSAMANTHAE01 SC 03,E01 SC 04,E02 SC 02,E02 SC 08
E01 SC 03JACKLOGANE01 SC 03,E01 SC 04,E02 SC 03,E02 SC 07
E01 SC 03SAMANTHAEVANE02 SC 01
E01 SC 03MICHAELANGELE02 SC 03,E02 SC 07
E01 SC 03LOGAN
E01 SC 04ELIZABETH
E01 SC 04SAMANTHA
E01 SC 04LOGAN
E01 SC 05MICHAEL
E01 SC 05JACK
E02 SC 01EVAN
E02 SC 01ELIZABETH
E02 SC 01JOHN
E02 SC 02MICHAEL
E02 SC 02SAMANTHA
E02 SC 03ANGEL
E02 SC 03LOGAN
E02 SC 04JOHN
E02 SC 04MICHAEL
E02 SC 05JACK
E02 SC 06MICHAEL
E02 SC 07ANGEL
E02 SC 07LOGAN
E02 SC 08SAMANTHA
E02 SC 09JACK
E02 SC 09JOHN
E02 SC 10MICHAEL

Power Query:
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    Group = Table.Group(Source, {"CHARACTER NAME"}, {{"Count", each _, type table}}),
    List = Table.AddColumn(Group, "SCENE NUMBER", each [Count][SCENE NUMBER]),
    Extract = Table.TransformColumns(List, {"SCENE NUMBER", each Text.Combine(List.Transform(_, Text.From), ","), type text})
in
    Extract
Hi, is it possible to add one column for a count of the scene numbers for each character?
 
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Sandy666 is no longer a member here, so he cannot help you. I know nothing about PQ so cannot help either, but hopefully @lrobbo314 can.
 
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