Merge two excel files and retain data

Tikishark

New Member
Joined
Jun 10, 2018
Messages
1
I'm at a loss as to what to do. I have two excel workbooks, one with a set of student identification numbers and another file with a set of student identification numbers (including the numbers from the first file, along with scores). What I would like to do is merge those two files together so that I only get the scores associated with the students that were listed in my first file and delete the rest. I've used conditional formatting (finding duplicates) and different sorting techniques, but it's a lot of work (there are over 3800 students in the 2nd file - and I'm trying to only associate scores to about 300 of the 3800 students). Is there a quick way to associate the students in the first file with the data in the other file withough all this work?

Thank you in advance....
 

Excel Facts

How to find 2nd largest value in a column?
MAX finds the largest value. =LARGE(A:A,2) will find the second largest. =SMALL(A:A,3) will find the third smallest

Forum statistics

Threads
1,223,903
Messages
6,175,286
Members
452,631
Latest member
a_potato

We've detected that you are using an adblocker.

We have a great community of people providing Excel help here, but the hosting costs are enormous. You can help keep this site running by allowing ads on MrExcel.com.
Allow Ads at MrExcel

Which adblocker are you using?

Disable AdBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Pause on this site" option.
Go back

Disable AdBlock Plus

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock Plus

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the toggle to disable it for "mrexcel.com".
Go back

Disable uBlock Origin

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock Origin

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back

Disable uBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back
Back
Top