AutoFilter Method

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

Filters a list using the AutoFilter. Variant.

Note   Apply the AutoFilter property to a Worksheet object to return an AutoFilter object.

expression.AutoFilter(Field, Criteria1, Operator, Criteria2, VisibleDropDown)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Field    Optional Variant. The integer offset of the field on which you want to base the filter (from the left of the list; the leftmost field is field one).

Criteria1    Optional Variant. The criteria (a string; for example, "101"). Use "=" to find blank fields, or use "<>" to find nonblank fields. If this argument is omitted, the criteria is All. If Operator is xlTop10Items, Criteria1 specifies the number of items (for example, "10").

Operator   Optional XlAutoFilterOperator.

XlAutoFilterOperator can be one of these XlAutoFilterOperator constants.
xlAnd default
xlBottom10Items
xlBottom10Percent
xlOr
xlTop10Items
xlTop10Percent
Use xlAnd and xlOr with Criteria1 and Criteria2 to construct compound criteria.

Criteria2    Optional Variant. The second criteria (a string). Used with Criteria1 and Operator to construct compound criteria.

VisibleDropDown    Optional Variant. True to display the AutoFilter drop-down arrow for the filtered field. False to hide the AutoFilter drop-down arrow for the filtered field. True by default.

Remarks

If you omit all the arguments, this method simply toggles the display of the AutoFilter drop-down arrows in the specified range.

Example

This example filters a list starting in cell A1 on Sheet1 to display only the entries in which field one is equal to the string "Otis". The drop-down arrow for field one will be hidden.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").AutoFilter _
    field:=1, _
    Criteria1:="Otis"
    VisibleDropDown:=False