![]() ![]() We can use the “?” and “*” wildcards combined with Advanced Filter to do magics! The ? (Question mark) wildcard <= – Equals to or smaller than… Using wildcards in Advanced FilterĮxcel Wildcards can be extremely useful when filtering complex tables. We would follow the same steps as in previous examples, except in the criteria we will add “”. We can use Advanced Filter when we want to filter for all numerical values which are larger/smaller than a specific value. We did that by putting all the criteria in separate rows and using headers that match the original table.įiltering numerical values using Advanced Filter We asked the advanced Filter to show us all the people who are either named Laura OR live in Leicester (or both!). How will we do this?Īnswer: we’ll create a table that uses “OR” by putting all the criteria values in separate rows: We want to find all the people who are either named Laura OR live in Leicester. ![]() This filter is useful when we want at least one of the criteria to be met, for example: We did that by putting all the criteria in one row and using headers that match the original table. We asked the Advanced Filter to show us all the people who are named Alan AND like Chess. We want to find all the people who are named Alan and like chess. How will we do this?Īnswer: we’ll create a table that uses “AND” by putting all the criteria values in the same row. This filter is useful when we want all the criteria to be met, for example: To un-filter, simply click on “Clear” in the “Data” Ribbon:īesides filtering for multiple values, we can also use Advanced Filter to filter using several columns. ![]() Success! Your table should now look like this: Third step – We will now select the ranges for our list range (the range we want to filter) and criteria range (the table we created in the first step): Second step – We will go the the “Data” ribbon and click on “Advanced” Important: For Advanced Filter to work, we have to give our new column the same header as in the table we are filtering, for our example that will be “City”: Of course, you can manually tick the 4 cities, but what if you had to filter for 50 cities?įirst step – We will create a table with one column, where we will list the cities for which we wish to filter. In the table below, we would like to filter for people who live in London, Manchester, Glasgow or Cardiff: OR – At least one condition has to be metĬlick here to download our absolutely FREE Advanced Filter exercise! Advanced Filter example.Allows us to filter based on several columns at once, using “AND” & “OR” operators.No need to choose each item we want to filter (imagine wanting to filter for 100 values out of 1,000), we can create a table instead. ![]() Advanced Filter allows us to quickly filter based on several criteria that are predefined in a separate table.Īdvantages of Advanced Filter over “normal” filter: ![]()
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