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expand grouped data?

Nicholas_White
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

I don't even know what key words to use to search for the answer to this question, so I'm asking for assistance with the problem, and possibly advice on key words I could use to search for answers to similar problem in the future.

 

I would like this:

 
DINNERITEM
THANKSGIVINGTURKEY
THANKSGIVINGPOTATOES
THANKSGIVINGGRAVY
THANKSGIVINGSODA
XMASTURKEY
XMASPOTATOES
XMASGRAVY
XMASSTUFFING
EASTERHAM
EASTERPOTATOES
JULY4HOTDOG
JULY4SODA
BDAYHAM
BDAYSODA
 

 

 

to look like this:

 

DINNERITEM
THANKSGIVINGTURKEY
 POTATOES
 GRAVY
 SODA
XMASTURKEY
 POTATOES
 GRAVY
 STUFFING
EASTERHAM
 POTATOES
JULY4HOTDOG
 SODA
BDAYHAM
 SODA

 or even this:

 

DINNERITEM
THANKSGIVINGTURKEY
POTATOES
GRAVY
SODA
XMASTURKEY
POTATOES
GRAVY
STUFFING
EASTERHAM
POTATOES
JULY4HOTDOG
SODA
BDAYHAM
SODA

 

 

The goal is to replace duplicates in the DINNER column with empty cells, or to merge a DINNER items into a single cell, while keeping the corresponding ITEM items attached.

 

Thanks,

 

Nick

 

 

2 REPLIES 2
TimN
13 - Pulsar

One way, probably not the best...

CoG
14 - Magnetar

This is a great use case for the Multi-Row Formula Tool (unfortunately, I am not sure what key words you would look for either):

Multi-Row Tool 1.png

Multi-Row Tool 2.png

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