Vlookup and remove duplicates

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

in general you can do as following:

Part #1: Grouping the data on Name, process the groupmembers and retrieve the name when the condition is met

[HowTo] Overview on different options for grouping data and processing the groups

This HowTo introduces on the different options for grouping data from a datatable in order to process the grouped data. Introduction Grouping data and processing the grouped data is a common scenario e.g. when the grouped data is to aggregate like summing up, find maximum, get the average or concatening items. Lets have a look on following data: [grafik] A possible scenario could be: Create a report containing following information: the region code the sum of CaseCount per RegionCode t…

Part #2: use a lookup / LINQ / Filter Strategy for the different names, retrieved from part 1

Let us know if you need further help on this. But give a try and start with Part #1 along with the given HowTo