Find the differences between 2 Excel worksheets?

Question

I have two excel files with the same structure: they both have 1 column with data. One has 800 records and the other has 805 records, but I am not sure which of the 5 in t

Answer 1

I think your best option is a freeware app called Compare IT! .... absolutely brilliant utility and dead easy to use. http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm

Answer 2

If you have Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013, you can use Microsoft Spreadsheet Compare to run a report on the differences between two workbooks.

Launch Spreadsheet Compare:

In Windows 7: On the Windows Start menu, under Office 2013 Tools, click Spreadsheet Compare.

In Windows 8: On the Start screen, click Spreadsheet Compare. If you do not see a Spreadsheet Compare tile, begin typing the words Spreadsheet Compare, and then select its tile.

Compare two Excel workbooks:

1. Click Home > Compare Files.
2. a. Click the blue folder icon next to the Compare box to browse to the location of the earlier version of your workbook. (In addition to files saved on your computer or on a network, you can enter a web address to a site where your workbooks are saved.)
3. b. Click the green folder icon next to the To box to browse to the location of the workbook that you want to compare to the earlier version, and then click OK. (TIP You can compare two files with the same name if they're saved in different folders.)
4. In the left pane, choose the options you want to see in the results of the workbook comparison by checking or unchecking the options, such as Formulas, Macros, or Cell Format. Or, just Select All.

Reference:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Basic-tasks-in-Spreadsheet-Compare-f2b20af8-a6d3-4780-8011-f15b3229f5d8

Answer 3

May be this replay is too late. But hope will help some one looking for a solution

What i did was, I saved both excel file as CSV file and did compare with Windiff.

Answer 4

you should try this free online tool - www.cloudyexcel.com/compare-excel/

works good for most of the time, sometimes the results are a little off.

plus it also gives a good visual output

You can also download the results in excel format. (you need to signup for that)

Answer 5

Use the vlookup function.

Put both sets of data in the same excel file, on different sheets. Then, in the column next to the 805 row set (which I assume is on sheet2), enter

=if(isna(vlookup(A1, Sheet1!$A$1:$A$800, 1, false)), 0, 1)

The column will contain 0 for values that are not found in the other sheet, and 1 for values that are. You can sort the sheet to find all the missing values.

Answer 6

LibreOffice provides a Workbook Compare feature: Edit -> Compare Document