In the below video you will see how you can use the macro here to find out what images exist/match the SKU code provided in the Excel file:
Creating an Excel VBA macro to accomplish the tasks you've described would involve several steps. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to create such a macro:
Open Excel and press
Alt
+F11
to open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.In the VBA editor, right-click on "VBAProject (Your Workbook Name)" in the Project Explorer on the left and select "Insert" -> "Module" to insert a new module.
Copy and paste the following VBA code into the module:
Sub ConceptSauce_ImageMatchHelper() Dim folderPath As String Dim destFolderPath As String Dim ws As Worksheet Dim rng As Range Dim cell As Range Dim fso As Scripting.FileSystemObject Dim filenamesDict As Object Dim baseFilename As String Dim response As VbMsgBoxResult ' Create a dictionary to store collections of file paths, indexed by base filenames Set filenamesDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") ' Prompt user for the folder With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) .Title = "Select a Folder" .AllowMultiSelect = False If .Show = -1 Then folderPath = .SelectedItems(1) Else Exit Sub End If End With ' Create filesystem object (early binding for performance) Set fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject ' Recursively add filenames from the main folder and subfolders to the dictionary AddFilesRecursively fso.GetFolder(folderPath), filenamesDict ' Get the active worksheet Set ws = ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet ' Ask user to select the column to match On Error Resume Next Set rng = Application.InputBox("Select a range", "Select cells with filenames to match", Type:=8) On Error GoTo 0 ' Exit if the range is not valid or has no cells If rng Is Nothing Or rng.Cells.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub ' Color-code cells based on partial filename matches For Each cell In rng.Cells baseFilename = CStr(Trim(cell.Value)) If PartialMatchExists(baseFilename, filenamesDict) Then cell.Interior.Color = RGB(0, 255, 0) ' Green for matched Else cell.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0) ' Red for unmatched End If Next cell ' Ask the user if they want to copy the found files response = MsgBox("Do you want to copy the found files to a new folder?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Copy Files") If response = vbYes Then With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) .Title = "Select a Destination Folder" .AllowMultiSelect = False If .Show = -1 Then destFolderPath = .SelectedItems(1) Else Exit Sub End If End With ' Copy files that partially match the cell value without duplicating Dim copiedFilesDict As Object Set copiedFilesDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") For Each cell In rng.Cells baseFilename = CStr(Trim(cell.Value)) If PartialMatchExists(baseFilename, filenamesDict) Then Dim matchedFiles As Collection Set matchedFiles = filenamesDict(baseFilename) Dim filePath As Variant For Each filePath In matchedFiles ' Check if the file has already been copied If Not copiedFilesDict.exists(filePath) Then fso.CopyFile filePath, destFolderPath & "\" & fso.GetFileName(filePath), True copiedFilesDict.Add filePath, True End If Next filePath End If Next cell End If ' Inform the user that the process is complete MsgBox "Process complete!", vbInformation, "Done" End Sub ' Optimized recursive subroutine to add files from folder and subfolders Sub AddFilesRecursively(folder As Scripting.folder, filenamesDict As Object) Dim fileObj As Scripting.File Dim subfolder As Scripting.folder Dim baseFilename As String ' Add files from the current folder to the dictionary For Each fileObj In folder.Files ' Optional: Add file extension filter here (e.g., only add .jpg files) If InStr(fileObj.Name, ".jpg") > 0 Or InStr(fileObj.Name, ".png") > 0 Then baseFilename = Split(fileObj.Name, "_")(0) ' Adjusted to match filenames with suffixes If Not filenamesDict.exists(baseFilename) Then Set filenamesDict(baseFilename) = New Collection End If filenamesDict(baseFilename).Add fileObj.Path End If Next fileObj ' Process each subfolder recursively For Each subfolder In folder.Subfolders AddFilesRecursively subfolder, filenamesDict Next subfolder End Sub ' Helper function to check for partial matches and populate the dictionary with matches Function PartialMatchExists(baseFilename As String, filenamesDict As Object) As Boolean Dim key As Variant Dim matchedFiles As Collection Set matchedFiles = New Collection PartialMatchExists = False For Each key In filenamesDict.Keys ' Check if key starts with baseFilename If Left(key, Len(baseFilename)) = baseFilename Then ' Collect matching file paths Dim filePath As Variant For Each filePath In filenamesDict(key) matchedFiles.Add filePath Next filePath ' Return true if any match is found PartialMatchExists = True ' Store matched file paths in the dictionary under the baseFilename Set filenamesDict(baseFilename) = matchedFiles End If Next key End Function
Close the VBA editor and return to your Excel workbook.
To run the macro, press
Alt
+F8
to open the "Macro" dialog, select "CheckFileNames," and click "Run."
Here is a video to show this in action