I have a huge Excel spreadsheet (36 columns) and applied filters on the header row. I made some configuration and now I have the filtered sheet.
Is it possible to save this filter configuration?
There was the option back in MS2007 (Custom views) but I cant find it in Excel 365.
In the "View" ribbon select "Custom Views" in the group "Workbook Views". If it does not appear go to options->customize ribbon-> select all commands-> find "Custom Views"-> add to a custom ribbon.
After filtering your table, click on "Custom Views" -> Add
This will save the table filtering among other things.
Keep in mind that Custom Views are worksheet-specific, meaning that a custom view only applies to the worksheet that was active when you created the custom view.
You can create a macro that will apply the filters to the table.
Developer Tab
Record Macro
Apply filters to table (you can even just edit the filter for each column and select "OK" to apply the filter you already have in place)
Stop recording Macro
From then on you can just run the macro you recorded and it will filter your table.
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I have a table in sheet a, that I want to merge with sheet b, and output on sheet c. Most of the column titles are the same but there are a few that are unique to a and to b. I want my output table to have every possible column title so that it can exist as a single table.
Please let me know if you know how to do this, or anything that can put me in the right direction. Very interested in not using Macros and using formulas.
Thanks
To merge two tables with formulas you can use either "Vlookup" or a combination of the "index" and "Match" functions. However, I prefer the method I did below Using power pivot.
If you want to use vlookup here is a good resource:
https://exceljet.net/excel-functions/excel-vlookup-function
Using Power Pivot:
You can merge 2 tables in excel using power pivot. It requires a bit of setup but it is not hard to do.
If you do not have power pivot you can get the add in by doing the following:
1.) Clicking on File on the top left > select "Options" on the bottom left
2.) From the pop up select the "Add-ins" section
3.) From the drop down on the bottom select "COM Add-ins" > click go
4.) Select the check box next to "Microsoft power pivot for excel"
5.) A new "Power Pivot" tab will appear on the ribbon
With That out of the way you first need to convert your tables into "Official excel tables" so you can merge them. To do this click anywhere onto the table and press CTRL+T. You have to do this for each table.
Next you need to click anywhere on one of your new tables and go to the data tab and select "From Table/Range"
Since there are two tables we just want to add the first table to our power pivot queries for now. In the next screen on the top left click on "Close and load to" >> then select "Only create connection".
We need to add the other table to power pivot as well but the second step is a bit different because we are going to merge the two tables.
1.) Like before click anywhere on the 2nd table and click on From Table/Range.
2.) This time when the power query editor comes up we want to select the merge "queries button" on the top
3.) From the merge window select the table that you want to join with and the click on the ID to join on from both tables. You may also want to update the join kind from the drop down list then click ok.
4.) After merging Your table will have a new column with a value of table, click on the little arrow icon next to the column header to expand it and select the fields that you want to display from table 2 and click OK. All the columns you selected will be added to the table. At this point you can rename the column names so they do not display something like Table2.Name
5.) Click close and load to from the top left, keep the first option "Table" , and click ok. You should have your new table in a new worksheet now.
so far when I want to choose columns which I want to show in the graph, I have to click on the pivot table and then choose columns fom pivot fields. Is there a faster way to do that? I would like to add some nice looking list under the graph from which I could choose columns to show.
You don't need to use the PivotTable, you can add columns directly to the PivotChart using the same interface as for PivotTables. Right click on the PivotChart and select "Show Field List" as the bottom. The control pane will appear on the right.
Building a custom user interface below the PivotChart would require a significant amount of VBA and would not perform as well.
I want to add a column description to a PivotTable.
Is it possible with "new" (not old "Classic") PivotTable?
Here is source table example and desired results:
I can achieve the results with "Classic" settings but this has some feature I do not like so I would prefer to use "new" if possible:
Add Count of I2 manually with formatting and in PIVOTTABLE TOOLS > DESIGN > Layout , Report Layout select Show in Tabular Form and if necessary uncheck Subtotal "line".
I want to extract the contents of a pulldown menu in excel. These are the attributes from Amazon offers sellers to list an item.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/rainier/help/btg/electronics_browse_tree_guide.xls
The problem is that data fields are grayed out & even after I unlock the spreadsheet I can't seem to get access to the part that stores the lists. Can I extract the contents using any software?
I'm assuming you're referring to the drop down in the Refinements sheet.
These values are being populated from a hidden sheet called DB. Just right click on any of the bottom tabs and select "Unhide."
You can also do this through the VBE (Alt + F11), selecting the sheet and then changing the "Visible" drop down.
I'm using Office 2013, and working on a worksheet in Excel.
My question is, is there a way to create a dynamic filter in Excel?
To explain in more detail, I have a dynamic worksheet, where upon opening the user will get a few drop-down options. After the user has selected one option from each of the drop-downs, the worksheet will display a table of data based on the user's inputs. The user can change their selections from the drop-downs after the table has been displayed, and can also clear their selections. If they clear their selection, the table will disappear.
Now, the first column in the result Table will contain Text values, but can also contain blanks. These values or blanks are all decided based on the user's selections in the previously mentioned drop-downs, which are displayed permanently to the left of the table. I want to add a filter to this first column of the result table (and to the rest of the table with it) such that only the non blank cells are displayed in the table every time the drop-downs are changed.
As I understand your need correct, I can give you this solution:
For getting a better result make your range to Table.
Select Power View from Insert items;
A sheet Power View 1 will added to your workbook;
From right pane select Table1 and its fields;
From Filter pane select as you want for filtering.