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How to autofilter rows based on cell value in Excel?

Normally, the Filter function in Excel can help us to filter any data as we need, but, sometimes, I would like to auto filter cells based on a manual cell input which means when I enter a criteria in a cell, the data can be filtered automatically at once. Are there any good ideas to deal with this job in Excel?

Auto filter rows based on cell value you entered with VBA code

Filter data by multiple criteria or other specific condition, such as by text length, by case sensitive

Auto filter rows based on cell value you entered with VBA code

Supposing, I have the following range of data, now, when I enter the criteria in cell E1 and E2, I want the data will be filtered automatically as below screenshot shown:

doc auto filter 1

1. Go the worksheet that you want to auto filter the date based on cell value you entered.

2. Right click the sheet tab, and select View Code from the context menu, in the popped out Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following code into the blank Module window, see screenshot:

VBA code: auto filter data according to entered cell value:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby Extendoffice 20160606
   If Target.Address = Range("E2").Address Then
       Range("A1:C20").CurrentRegion.AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, CriteriaRange:=Range("E1:E2")
   End If
End Sub

doc auto filter 2

Note: In the above code, A1:C20 is your data range that you want to filter, E2 is the target value that you want to filter based on, and E1:E2 is your criteria cell will be filtered based on. You can change them to your need.

3. Now, when you entering the criteria in cell E1 and E2 and press Enter key, your data will be filtered by the cell values automatically.

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Ofer Hirshfeld
Ofer Hirshfeld
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hi

thank you - this code was a life saver

but if I wish to filter when the value on E2 contains the search text.
so if i search for Grade1
it should filter
Grade1
ExampleGrade1
Grade1ETC


many thanks in advance
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Aaron
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I scanned through the comments and didn't see a specific answer. I am looking to filter a Table that changes based on a DB query, The table range will change every time the query is refreshed, How can we account for this in the code? The function becomes pointless if I have to direct users edit the VBA code every time they refresh the table.
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Henk
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Good day,

I have made sheet1 with the table in the example. In sheet2 all the data are referenced to the table in sheet1.

In sheet2 I can choose the grades exactly as in the example. That works OK.

However when I change a Grade of a student in sheet1 the list is not updated in sheet2. So the filter does not work automatic.

How can this be done?
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minnie
minnie
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Hello, is there a way to quickly modify the VBA code to filter on values bigger than in selected cell?
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Stan
Stan
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Hi there,

Thank you for the great content, however I am having some issues and was wondering whether you had any ideas why.

I have adjusted my ranges so my code reads:

Sub AutoFilter()
If Target.Address = Range("E13:F14").Address Then
Worksheets('Data Archive').Range("A1:C20").CurrentRegion.AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, CriteriaRange:=Range("F10:F1048576")
End If
End Sub


However, when I run the macro a "Compile Error: Syntex Error" message appears.

Thank you in advance

Stan
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skyyang
skyyang     Stan
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Hello, Stan,
Do you set the data range and criteria range correctly in the code？Or you can take your data range as a screenshot here.
Thank you!
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Vincent VBA
Vincent VBA
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Thank you very much for this. It worked for me fine to a certain extent, please let me explain:

I have multiple tables in my workbook. When I applied the above code, it only worked for one table, but not for the other two tables. Let's say the first table is, as in your example, from A1:C20. The second table is from A22:C40. The third from A42:C60. All tables have the info about the "Grade", however they have different columns & Date and therefore cannot be consolidated into one big tables but rather 3 smaller tables.

How would the code need to like like so that if I put the criteria: "Grade1", all 3 tables will be automatically filtered for "Grade1" ?

Thank you very much in advance.

Best regards
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Peter Johansen
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Thank you, for this, it was really helpful. i just have one question, after selected the name in the drop down menu (i have names as criteria), it only shows people with that name, as it should, but how can i do so after i have selected a name, then i want so see all the rows of my table??

hope you can help me out.

kind regards
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skyyang
skyyang     Peter Johansen
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Hi, Peter,
This code is worked well for fitering the entire rows of the data, could you enter your table range correctlly?

A1:C20 is the range of your data, E1:E2 is the criteria range.
Range("A1:C20").CurrentRegion.AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, CriteriaRange:=Range("E1:E2")
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tim
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Hey guys,
perfect Explanation, thank you very much.
1 Little question: if I want to filter with 2,3 4 or more criterias how do I do this?
For example I want to say I wanna see the Name Henry, with Grade 1 and this Age...so not just 1 criteria but for example 3..=?


thanks for the respond


Kind regards,


TIM
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skyyang
skyyang     tim
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Hi, tim,
To auto filter data based on multiple criteria, you should apply the below code: (please change the cell references to your need)

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Update by Extendoffice
Dim xVStr As String
Dim xFStr As String
xVStr = "E22:G22" 'the criteria that you want to filter based on
xFStr = "E21:G22" 'the range contains the header of the criteria
If Not (Intersect(Range(xVStr), Target) Is Nothing) Then
Range("A1:C17").CurrentRegion.AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, _
CriteriaRange:=Range(xFStr)
End If
End Sub


Please try, hope it can help you!
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Bogdan
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Hello,

What if I got the filtered data in a different tab(sheet 2) in the same workbook and the cell that the filter needs to refer to is in the first tab(sheet 1). I used this VBA but is not working like that, only if I have both the criteria cell(E2 in this VBA) in the same tab with the filtered data(A1:C20)
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mjr_awesome
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There might be a mistake in the instructions. Instead of pasting the code into a blank Module, one should paste it into the Sheet window. For example, if the macro is to work on Sheet1, the code should be pasted into Microsoft Excel Objects -> Sheet1(Sheet1). Only then it works for me on Excel 2016.

Thanks for the code!
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skyyang
skyyang     mjr_awesome
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Hi, mjr,
There is no mistake in this article, the article said, you should put the VBA code into the sheet module by right click the sheet name and then choose View Code to go to the module.
But, your operation is correct as well.
Thank you for your comment.
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