Correlating scanned data with information in a spreadsheet





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I have a spreadsheet that I use to track laptops and users of those laptops. I would like to be able to scan a users id card (with a barcode scanner) and have that scanned data correlate to information such as the name of the user. The scanned data is unique to the individual and I can create a database where that data is matched to the full name of the user in a different part of the spreadsheet; the question is, how can I use that to automatically populate a specific field in the spreadsheet with the name?










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    VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

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I have a spreadsheet that I use to track laptops and users of those laptops. I would like to be able to scan a users id card (with a barcode scanner) and have that scanned data correlate to information such as the name of the user. The scanned data is unique to the individual and I can create a database where that data is matched to the full name of the user in a different part of the spreadsheet; the question is, how can I use that to automatically populate a specific field in the spreadsheet with the name?










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    VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

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I have a spreadsheet that I use to track laptops and users of those laptops. I would like to be able to scan a users id card (with a barcode scanner) and have that scanned data correlate to information such as the name of the user. The scanned data is unique to the individual and I can create a database where that data is matched to the full name of the user in a different part of the spreadsheet; the question is, how can I use that to automatically populate a specific field in the spreadsheet with the name?










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I have a spreadsheet that I use to track laptops and users of those laptops. I would like to be able to scan a users id card (with a barcode scanner) and have that scanned data correlate to information such as the name of the user. The scanned data is unique to the individual and I can create a database where that data is matched to the full name of the user in a different part of the spreadsheet; the question is, how can I use that to automatically populate a specific field in the spreadsheet with the name?







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    VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

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    Mar 5 at 20:28














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    VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

    – cybernetic.nomad
    Mar 5 at 20:28








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VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

– cybernetic.nomad
Mar 5 at 20:28





VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH are likely candidates but it's hard to say with no sample data

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Mar 5 at 20:28










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