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Challenge #19: Excel Record Locator

DanJ3
8 - Asteroid
 
jarjarbingie
8 - Asteroid
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rahmed
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Easy but useful challenge!

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chetty
8 - Asteroid

My solution attached

shahryal
8 - Asteroid
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abhi__98
7 - Meteor

My solution to above

JWS
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Nice One!

kennetheng
8 - Asteroid

I used the Join tool because there were only 2 fields that we needed to look up, but if there are more, the summarize / formula tool shown in the solution is definitely the better bet. Or perhaps join multiple? 

JennyMartin
9 - Comet
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It was fun working out the logic for this challenge.

saurabh307singh
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution. While solving, I considered that the structure and format of the xls files will remain the same as in the sample xls files. Open to suggestions to improve the workflow.

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