Highlighting near duplicates?

kinger15

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Hello, I am trying to find out how to identify near duplicates in a large excel sheet based on a monetary value. For example, If i have 2 rows I want to be able to highlight these as potential duplicates if the number is within certain criteria. Is there a formula that I can create to say:

If the same date, order#, invoice#, and within $5.00?

I want to be able to highlight this so I can easily look through these manually.

Thank you for your help.

DATEORDER#INVOICE#AMOUNT
2022-02-18123456755667788100.00
2022-02-1812345675566778895.00
 

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How about
+Fluff 1.xlsm
ABCD
1DATEORDER#INVOICE#AMOUNT
218/02/2022123456755667788100
318/02/202212345675566778895
417/02/202212345675566778890
5
6
7
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Data
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
A2:D10Expression=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$10,$A2,$B$2:$B$10,$B2,$C$2:$C$10,"<="&$C2+5,$C$2:$C$10,">="&$C2-5)>1textNO
 
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Hi & welcome to MrExcel.
How about
+Fluff 1.xlsm
ABCD
1DATEORDER#INVOICE#AMOUNT
218/02/2022123456755667788100
318/02/202212345675566778895
417/02/202212345675566778890
5
6
7
8
9
10
Data
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
A2:D10Expression=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$10,$A2,$B$2:$B$10,$B2,$C$2:$C$10,"<="&$C2+5,$C$2:$C$10,">="&$C2-5)>1textNO
Thanks I will try that. I am just a beginner with excel. How would i apply this formula to a sheet with thousands of rows?
 
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Just select the rows you want the conditional to work on & change the ranges in the formula to suit.
So if you selected A2:D1000 you would use
Excel Formula:
=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$1000,$A2,$B$2:$B$1000,$B2,$C$2:$C$1000,"<="&$C2+5,$C$2:$C$10,">="&$C2-5)>1
 
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Just select the rows you want the conditional to work on & change the ranges in the formula to suit.
So if you selected A2:D1000 you would use
Excel Formula:
=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$1000,$A2,$B$2:$B$1000,$B2,$C$2:$C$1000,"<="&$C2+5,$C$2:$C$10,">="&$C2-5)>1
I really appreciate this! Thank you!
 
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