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Can you use a list of codes to sort through masses of data and f

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Can you use a list of codes to sort through masses of data and f

Hi,

I have a years worth of sales data, and I want to only have the data for a certain list of products.

Is it possible to create a list of codes, and then almost use that as a filter to remove any of the other data? I have done this before but manually, where I create a list of codes and in the next column have Y and then do an index match to pick up the Y and then filter on it, but I wonder if there is a better way?

Thank you,
Jo

RE: Can you use a list of codes to sort through masses of data a

Hi Joanne,

Thank you for the forum question.

You can use the Advanced filter.

Please find attached file with an example.

You need to select a cell in the list. Click Advanced filter. Click in the Criteria Range box and select the in my example the yellow range starting from A1.

Please also watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rca4slscHac



Kind regards

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Attached files...

ADV FILTER2.xlsx


 

Excel tip:

Finding cells that have data restrictions

Click anywhere on the worksheet.
On the Edit menu, click Go To.
Click Special.
Click Data validation.
Click All.

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