Need to remove duplicates but replace them with a value

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[FONT=&quot]I want to remove duplicate serial numbers from column A but the 1 serial that will be kept should have network category from column of "NW*"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Secondly I want to keep track of which serials will be removed so i will add another column and replace the removed serials with "To be removed" and the 1 serial that is kept saying "To be kept" (In the separate column that will be created)[/FONT]
[TABLE="class: s570a4-19 MzlEq"]
<thead style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TH="class: s570a4-25 hWWGpP, align: center"]Serial Number[/TH]
[TH="class: s570a4-25 hWWGpP, align: center"]Site id[/TH]
[TH="class: s570a4-25 hWWGpP, align: center"]Network Category[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]1123[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]NW-Antenna[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]3221[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]NW-IDU[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]2299[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]NW-ODU[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]2991[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]NS-sz[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]7521[/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"]NM-sd[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: s570a4-20 bKSoXW, bgcolor: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)"]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"][/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"][/TD]
[TD="class: s570a4-21 eUFXof"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[FONT=&quot]What i had in mind was simply to use remove duplicate option on Column A:A and then use create new column and use formula =if($A1="","To be removed","To be kept")[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But the problem with the above solution would be that i want the remaining serial from category "NW*" in column C[/FONT]
 

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try this formula in D2 copied down

=IF(COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)=1,A2,"remove")

(assumes first data row is row 2)
 
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Yongle said:
All of them or the first one?
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If same serial has a "NW*" category and any other category in column C, it should keep the row value of "NW*" and remove other duplicates.

But if there are no "NW*" category in column c and just random categories, it should keep any 1 of the row value and remove other duplicates.
 
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Yongle said:
All of them or the first one?
Click to expand...

[TABLE="class: cms_table_s570a4-19 cms_table_MzlEq"]
<tbody>[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TH="class: cms_table_s570a4-25 cms_table_hWWGpP, align: center"]Serial Number[/TH]
[TH="class: cms_table_s570a4-25 cms_table_hWWGpP, align: center"]Site id[/TH]
[TH="class: cms_table_s570a4-25 cms_table_hWWGpP, align: center"]Network Category[/TH]
[TH="class: cms_table_s570a4-25 cms_table_hWWGpP, align: center"]Desired result[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]1123[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]NS-Antenna[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]removed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]3221[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]NW-IDU[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]2299[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]NW-ODU[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]removed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]2991[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]NS-sz[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]removed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]AA22[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]7521[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]NM-sd[/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"]removed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: cms_table_s570a4-20 cms_table_bKSoXW"]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"][/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"][/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"][/TD]
[TD="class: cms_table_s570a4-21 cms_table_eUFXof"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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What happens if there is also

AA23 with network category NW-IDU

Is that retained or deleted?
 
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Yongle said:
What happens if there is also

AA23 with network category NW-IDU

Is that retained or deleted?
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Good question. So i am deleting duplicate serials from a list of 50,000 rows, meaning there are 4382 unique serials and 45618 duplicates.

For each Serial i want it to retain the unique value against the "NW*" if there is no "NW*" category then it should retain any 1 and if there are "NW*" plus other categories in column C then it should prioritize "NW*"

Priority :
1) NW* or ANY = NW*
2) Only ANY = Any 1
3) NW and NW = Any 1 NW
 
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Try this

=IF(LEFT(C2,2)="NW",IF(COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)=1,A2,"Remove"),IF(COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)=1,A2,"Remove"))
 
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