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Fuzzy Match on Codes

JTCairns
8 - Asteroid

Hello All,

 

I am currently integrating data from two different systems. In these systems there is a unique ID. In the old system this code was numeric in various lengths. in the new system they are 6 characters long and alpha numeric. i have done a fuzzy but i'm only getting 300 matches out of 5500. i have changed the threshold and nothing has changed. All codes have changed but in the new system would have numbers or letters added to the front. Example below:

 

Old SystemNew System
1233W01233
111P00111
1548915489
9999

009999

 

I would greatly appreciate any help you lovely people can offer.

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@JTCairns,

 

I think that you'll find more luck using the FindReplace tool.  You can tweak the configuration to get you more matches.  

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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JTCairns
8 - Asteroid

@MarqueeCrew

 

The issue with find replace is that i don't know what format the new code will be in so i don't have a lookup list. I think I've solved my problem - I unioned my data sources with a source column and then did a group by this gave me each code and its new equivalent i then filtered on source and joined them on ID and code. This appears to have worked well

 

 

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