How to update advanced filter result automatically in Excel?
When we apply the Advanced Filter feature, we will find that the filtered result will not change automatically with the criteria change. This needs us to apply the Advanced Filter function once again to get the new result. But, do you have any good and quick trick for updating the advanced filter result automatically as following screenshot shown in Excel?
Update advanced filter result automatically with VBA code
Update advanced filter result automatically with VBA code
The following VBA code may help you to automatically update the advanced filter result when you change the criteria as you need, please do as this:
1. Right click the sheet tab that you want to filter the data automatically, and then choose View Code from the context menu, in the opened Microsoft Visual Basic for applications window, copy and paste the following code into the blank Module:
VBA code: Update advanced filter result automatically:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Range("A5:D21").AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, CriteriaRange:=Range _
("A1:C3"), Unique:=False
End Sub
Note: In the above code: A5:D21 is the data range which you want to filter, A1:C3 is the criteria range to filter based on.
2. Then save and close the code window, now, when you change the criteria in the criteria range, the filtered result will be updated automatically at once.
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