[libreoffice-users] [Base} Compare contents of similar records on two sheets

Hello,

I have asked this question previously in the context of two spreadsheets.

I know now that I can migrate my spreadsheets to BASE and with minimal 
fuss make it work for me.

I have two sets of records.  My Master database and a monthly update 
that reflects additions, deletions and changes accumulated by another 
party over the past month along with unchanged records from the previous 
month.

I need to compare the two sets of information to update my Master file 
which is more comprehensive then the monthly update. I do not want to 
make these comparisons manually - there are in excess of 2000 records in 
each file.

Each record is of the format
Field 1. Master Number (assigned by another agency)
Fields 2-30. Various data formats

If a record, as determined by the Master Number field, exists on both 
sheet 1 and sheet 2, I would like to be able to compare the similar 
fields, field by field.  If the field contents of one record are not 
identical to the corresponding field in the similar record in the other 
file, I would like to be able to have this record brought to my 
attention with anomalies highlighted

If a record, as determined by its Master Number, is in one sheet and not 
in the other I would like this anomaly brought to my attention also

Is there a way that this can be done?

Thanks,
Preston



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