I want to sort a column in a sheet using values in another column(which is in another sheet).
For example, the values are in the column are "abc", "def" and "ghi". These values are in a column of the first sheet, but the values of the column are jumbled up. I want them sorted such that the values are in the order of "abc","def" and "ghi".
I tried this for example:
Sheets("Sheet1").Columns("G").Sort key1:=Sheets("Sheet2").Range("D:D"), order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlYes.
There is an error when I do so:
The sort reference is not valid. Make sure that it's within the data you want to sort, and the first Sort By box isn't the same or blank.
Not sure what's the error. Need some help on this.
Instead of using a macro you can just use the below formula and get the records sorted.
=MATCH(A1,Sheet2!A:A,0)
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I want to use a macro to filter columns in a table. I want to filter for values that are higher than a value I want to put in cell, to be able to easily change the filter. Does someone have a trick for doing this with vba?
Many thanks, Bram
Record a macro whilst filtering a table on a column value. You would right click on the table column header of interest whilst recording the code and select Number_Filters > Greater Than and enter your desired number. That would give you the outline code. You can then amend the code to pick up the desired value from a specified cell. If applying filter to multiple columns record macro whilst doing this process over several columns.
Thank you for you answer. I tried this already, but I could not get the macro to pick from a specific cell. If I stored the value of the specific cell under as 'value' and put that in the outlined code, it would just do Greater Than value.. DO you have shortcut for this?
Thanks!
I've compiled multiple spreadsheets containing sporadic employee information, and I'm now trying to consolidate all of the information to remove duplicates and blanks. The formula below is my starting point, but if the first cell that meets that criteria is blank, it returns a blank. I want it to find the next cell that meets that criteria but has a value.
=INDEX(Working!C:C,MATCH($A3,Working!$B:$B,0))
Below is what the Working tab looks like, which contains the master list of data including blanks and duplicates. Working!C:C is the list of last names; $A3 is the Employee ID I'm hoping to retrieve data for, and Working!$B:$B is the list of Employee IDs. I'll be doing this for many columns, so to illustrate this, in the table example below I've shown that Column D is the phone number. Any help you can provide is appreciated!
Column B-------C-------D
---------287-----Doe----blank
---------287-----blank---333-333-3333
---------287-----Doe----blank
Use the following array formula:
=INDEX(Working!C$1:C$100,MATCH(1,($A3 = Working!$B$1:$B$100)*(Working!C$1:C$100<>""),0))
Being an array formula it needs to be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode. If done correctly then Excel will put {} around the formula.
Please note that with an array formula the references need to be the smallest range possible that covers the dataset.
I am just a beginner in VBA. I am trying to copy some data from one workbook that is updated daily to a master woorkbook and generate a report. I want it to first filter one of the columns for nonzero values and copy it with three selected columns for example columns T,C,N. I have looked everywhere for an answer but I haven't succeeded yet. Please help.
You can check if a given cell has value 0 by something like this If Sheets(sheetname).Cells(rownumber,columnnumber)=0 Then
You haven't specified what do you want to do on the other workbooks with the cells that were empty.
I'm making an Excel sheet to keep track of some activities. The thing is that I have 2 cells that are date type; I want the third cell to subtract the them to get the time that the x person spent on the activity.
I know that if I type =A2-A1 it's going to give me what I want, but, since its going to be a big Excel sheet with lots of records, I don't want to input the same formula for each row just changing the row number.
Is there a way to make Excel detect the row that the user is inputing data in and then make the requested formula to get the time?
you can turn your data range into a table by highlighting the range and going to the insert tab and clicking table. Then when you type the formula into the first cell and click in the cells when selecting instead of typing it out, you will notice that it is using the column names instead, also it will automatically fill the column with the new formula. That would be my suggestion.
I'm running a query from excel to sql server that returns a single value. It seems as if this uses two cells in excel. Is this correct? Is there a way to prevent this? Is there a way to predict whether excel will use an extra row or an extra column (I've seen both happening)?
If, in excel, I use "import external data -> new database query", and then do a count() on an sql server table, excel usually puts the result in the cell underneath the cell which I had selected when starting to do the new query (not adding an extra row, but putting the value there). Sometimes, it will instead insert an extra column before the column of the cell I had selected and put the result in the new column in the same row as the cell I had selected.
Is there a way to have excel return the value in the same cell as the one selected when starting the query? If not, is there a way to predict which of the two scenarios above will happen?
Thanks,
Ernst
I finally found the answer:
uncheck preserve column sort/filter/layout