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 How to transpose cells in one column based on unique values in another column?

Supposing, you have a range of data which contains two columns, now, you want to transpose cells in one column to horizontal rows based on unique values in another column to get the following result. Do you have any good ideas to solve this problem in Excel?

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Transpose cells in one column based on unique values with formulas

Transpose cells in one column based on unique values with VBA code

Transpose cells in one column based on unique values with Kutools for Excel


With the following array formulas, you can extract the unique values and transpose their corresponding data into horizontal rows, please do as follows:

1. Enter this array formula: =INDEX($A$2:$A$16, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($D$1:$D1, $A$2:$A$16), 0)) into a blank cell, D2, for example, and press Shift + Ctrl + Enter keys together to get the correct result, see screenshot:

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Note: In the above formula, A2:A16 is the column that you want to list the unique values from, and D1 is the cell above this formula cell.

2. Then drag the fill handle down to the cells to extract all the unique values, see screenshot:

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3. And then go on entering this formula into cell E2: =IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$16, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($D2:D2,$B$2:$B$16)+IF($A$2:$A$16<>$D2, 1, 0), 0)), 0), and remember to press Shift + Ctrl + Enter keys to get the result, see screenshot:

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Note: In above formula: B2:B16 is the column data that you want to transpose, A2:A16 is the column that you want to transpose the values based on, and D2 contains the unique value that you have extracted in Step 1.

4. Then drag the fill handle to right of the cells that you want to list the transposed data until displays 0, see screenshot:

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5. And then continue dragging the fill handle down to the range of cells to get the transposed data as following screenshot shown:

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May be the formulas are complex for you to understand, here, you can run the following VBA code to get the desired result you need.

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Transpose cells in one column based on unique values in another column:

Sub transposeunique()
'updateby Extendoffice
    Dim xLRow As Long
    Dim i As Long
    Dim xCrit As String
    Dim xCol  As New Collection
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xOutRg As Range
    Dim xTxt As String
    Dim xCount As Long
    Dim xVRg As Range
    On Error Resume Next
    xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("please select data range(only two columns):", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
    Set xRg = Application.Intersect(xRg, xRg.Worksheet.UsedRange)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    If (xRg.Columns.Count <> 2) Or _
       (xRg.Areas.Count > 1) Then
        MsgBox "the used range is only one area with two columns ", , "Kutools for Excel"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    Set xOutRg = Application.InputBox("please select output range(specify one cell):", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
    If xOutRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    Set xOutRg = xOutRg.Range(1)
    xLRow = xRg.Rows.Count
    For i = 2 To xLRow
        xCol.Add xRg.Cells(i, 1).Value, xRg.Cells(i, 1).Value
    Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    For i = 1 To xCol.Count
        xCrit = xCol.Item(i)
        xOutRg.Offset(i, 0) = xCrit
        xRg.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=xCrit
        Set xVRg = xRg.Range("B2:B" & xLRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
        If xVRg.Count > xCount Then xCount = xVRg.Count
        xRg.Range("B2:B" & xLRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy
        xOutRg.Offset(i, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAll, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=True
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
    Next
    xOutRg = xRg.Cells(1, 1)
    xOutRg.Offset(0, 1).Resize(1, xCount) = xRg.Cells(1, 2)
    xRg.Rows(1).Copy
    xOutRg.Resize(1, xCount + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats
    xRg.AutoFilter
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

3. Then press F5 key to run this code, and a prompt box will pop out to remind you select the data range that you want to use, see screenshot:

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4. And then click OK button, another prompt box will pop out to remind you to select a cell to put the result, see screenshot:

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6. Click OK button, and the data in column B has been transposed based on unique values in column A, see screenshot:

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If you have Kutools for Excel, combining the Advanced Combine Rows and Split Cells utilities, you can quickly finish this task without any formulas or code.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:

1. Select the data range that you want to use. (If you want to keep the original data, please copy and paste the data to another location firstly.)

2. Then click Kutools > Merge & Split > Advanced Combine Rows, see screenshot:

3. In the Combine Rows Based on Column dialog box, please do the following operations:

(1.) Click the column name that you want to transpose data based on, and select Primary Key;

(2.) Click another column that you want to transpose, and click Combine then choose one separator to separate the combined data, such as space, comma, semicolon.

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4. Then click Ok button, the data in column B has been combined together in one cell based on the column A, see screenshot:

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5. And then select the combined cells, and click Kutools > Merge & Split > Split Cells, see screenshot:

6. In the Split Cells dialog box, select Split to Columns under the Type option, and then choose the separator which separate your combined data, see screenshot:

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7. Then click Ok button, and select a cell to put the split result in the popped out dialog box, see screenshot:

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8. Click OK, and you will get the result as you need. See screenshot:

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Like many people in the below my column "b" has duplicates I still want to appear in a column, I.e. 
How to do the transpose if B column doesn't have unique values but still need those values
KTE 100
KTE 100

Can you shared a modified equation that works in that scenario? I appears lots of people have this question below without an answer.
Thank you, 
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have you solve the problem?
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Hello, Alicia,If there are duplicate values in the second column, you should apply the below array formula:=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$16,SMALL(IF($D2=$A$2:$A$16,ROW($A$2:$A$16)-ROW($A$2)+1),COLUMN(A1))),"")
After inserting the formula, please remember to press Shift + Ctrl + Enter keys.
Please try, hope it can help you!
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how would you do the first order but with multiple columns of data for each product? Like if KTO and KTE had multiple pieces of data in columns C, D, E,...

This was the formula used:

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$16, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($D2:D2,$B$2:$B$16)+IF($A$2:$A$16<>$D2, 1, 0), 0)), 0)
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thanks !! just what i was looking for !! works as intended !!
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this was a very, very helpful post - thank you!
I found the VBA version did not yield the expected results at least when running in VBA 7.1 (Excel for Office 365 - 16.0.x - 64-bit). I tweaked it a bit to get the results I wanted:


Sub transposeunique()

'updateby Extendoffice

'updateby skipow June 2020

Dim xLRow As Long

Dim i As Long

Dim xCrit As String

Dim xCritLast As String

Dim xCol As New Collection

Dim xRg As Range

Dim xOutRg As Range

Dim xTxt As String

Dim xCount As Long

Dim xVRg As Range

On Error Resume Next

xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address

Set xRg = Application.InputBox("please select data range(only two columns):", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)

Set xRg = Application.Intersect(xRg, xRg.Worksheet.UsedRange)

If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

If (xRg.Columns.Count <> 2) Or _

(xRg.Areas.Count > 1) Then

MsgBox "the used range is only one area with two columns ", , "Kutools for Excel"

Exit Sub

End If

Set xOutRg = Application.InputBox("please select output range(specify one cell):", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)

If xOutRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

Set xOutRg = xOutRg.Range(1)

xLRow = xRg.Rows.Count

For i = 2 To xLRow

'xCol.Add xRg.Cells(i, 1).Value, xRg.Cells(i, 1).Value

'the above line commented out - the Add function to the Collection (at least in VBA 7.1) doesn't accept this format

xCol.Add Item:=xRg.Cells(i, 1).Value

'you only need the first column put into the Collection



Next

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

For i = 1 To xCol.Count

xCrit = xCol.Item(i)

'if you don't keep track of the last entry and compare to the next entry you'll get duplicate lines

If xCrit = xCritLast Then

xRg.AutoFilter

Else

xOutRg.Offset(i, 0) = xCrit

xRg.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=xCrit

Set xVRg = xRg.Range("B2:B" & xLRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)

If xVRg.Count > xCount Then xCount = xVRg.Count

xRg.Range("B2:B" & xLRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Copy

xOutRg.Offset(i, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAll, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=True

Application.CutCopyMode = False

'save the last entry and compare above to the next one to avoid duplicates

xCritLast = xCrit

End If

Next

xOutRg = xRg.Cells(1, 1)

xOutRg.Offset(0, 1).Resize(1, xCount) = xRg.Cells(1, 2)

xRg.Rows(1).Copy

xOutRg.Resize(1, xCount + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats

xRg.AutoFilter

Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub
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This works, but it gives me duplicates. Is there a way to make it not?
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it worked for me, i had to sort the first column though
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can you please share the code if there are 2 columns to be copied instead of 1. below is the example.
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I have a data set which has 3 columns presented below:



Column A Column B Column C



Country1 Year1 Value1

Country1 Year2 Value2

Country1 Year3 Value3,



Country2 Year1 Value1

Country2 Year3 Value3,

...........



I need to combine these 3 columns in a table like this:

Year1 Year2 Year3 ................................. YearX



Country1 Value1 Value2 Value3

Country2 Value1 #Missing Value3

.....
.....
.....

CountryX Valuex ..................





The problem i am facing is that for some data in column A i don't have values for each year only for some.(For example country 2 has missing values for Year 2)





Is there a way to work around this issue and resolve it?



Thank you in advance!
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I have a data set which has multiple IDs in column A, and has connected data in column B. I used the above formula and altered it a bit so that I am transposing the cells in the column B into a row based on the unique ID tied to it in column A. The formula used to identify the unique IDs is: =INDEX($A$2:$A$13409, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($D$1:$D1, $A$2:$A$13409), 0)). The formula used to do the transposing is: =IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$13409, MATCH(0, IF($A$2:$A$13409<>$D2, 1, 0)+COUNTIF($D2:D2,$B$2:$B$13409), 0)), "N/A"). Both given in the article, only slightly altered.

The issue is my data set in column B has duplicates, sometimes appearing one after another, and I need all of the values in the column to be presented in the rows.

The image attached is what I would like the table to show (this is a small sample size, the true dataset has over 13,000 entries). What is happening now is when a repeat value is encountered, it will not count it.
i.e. Row 9 for ID 11980 now only shows 0 -31.79 -0.19 -0.74 N/A N/A .... when what I need it to show instead is 0 0 -31.79 -0.19 -0.74 0 0 N/A N/A ....

Is there a way to work around this issue and resolve it?

Thank you in advance!
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Did you ever get a response/resolution to this challenge? I have the same one.
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I have a data set in Columns A (Unique ID) - E. Each row has data based on the ID#, there are multiple rows for each ID# but I want one row per ID# with all of the other data in columns (it would be 5 columns long minimum and 25 maximum depending on how many each unique ID has). I found a code but it only works for two columns. I had to concatenate the four columns (not including ID) then delimit after running the macro (lot of work). For 15,000 rows of data this is extra time consuming. Is there an endless column macro that would work? Thanks in advance everyone for your help!
ID CODE ST CODE# DATE
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The macro did not work. It just copied the contents in cell A1.
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=INDEX($A$2:$A$16, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($D$1:$D1, $A$2:$A$16), 0)) worked for me to transpose the unique values of A column into a new column BUT...is there a way to get the all the values in B column to be transposed as given below:

Product Order Date Product Order Order Order Order Order Order Order
KTE 100 3/3/2019 KTE 100 100 100 200 100 150 100
KTO 150 3/3/2019 KTO 150 100 200 100 150 200
KTE 100 3/4/2019 BOT 150 100 200 150 100 200
KTO 100 3/4/2019 COD 200 150 100 150
KTO 200 3/5/2019
KTE 100 3/5/2019
BOT 150 3/5/2019
BOT 100 3/6/2019
KTO 100 3/6/2019
KTE 200 3/6/2019
BOT 200 3/7/2019
COD 200 3/7/2019
KTE 100 3/7/2019
KTO 150 3/7/2019
BOT 150 3/8/2019
KTE 150 3/8/2019
COD 150 3/8/2019
BOT 100 3/9/2019
BOT 200 3/10/2019
COD 100 3/10/2019
KTO 200 3/10/2019
COD 150 3/11/2019
KTE 100 3/11/2019
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