AdvancedFilter Method

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

AdvancedFilter Method

       

Filters or copies data from a list based on a criteria range. If the initial selection is a single cell, that cell's current region is used.  Variant.

expression.AdvancedFilter(Action, CriteriaRange, CopyToRange, Unique)

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

Action  Required XlFilterAction.

XlFilterAction can be one of these XlFilterAction constants.
xlFilterCopy
xlFilterInPlace

CriteriaRange   Optional Variant. The criteria range. If this argument is omitted, there are no criteria.

CopyToRange   Optional Variant. The destination range for the copied rows if Action is xlFilterCopy. Otherwise, this argument is ignored.

Unique   Optional Variant. True to filter unique records only. False to filter all records that meet the criteria. The default value is False.

Example

This example filters a database (named "Database") based on a criteria range named "Criteria."

Range("Database").AdvancedFilter _
    Action:=xlFilterInPlace, _
    CriteriaRange:=Range("Criteria")