×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Filter/AutoFilter Limitation
2

Filter/AutoFilter Limitation

Filter/AutoFilter Limitation

(OP)
Does anyone know how to overcome the limitations of the data filtering (AutoFilter)?  When you click the arrow for the filter, "only the first 1000 unique entries in the list appear".

ponder

RE: Filter/AutoFilter Limitation

If you are looking for a specific record, autofilter on another field first to cut down the number of choices.

=====================================
Eng-tips forums: The best place on the web for engineering discussions.

RE: Filter/AutoFilter Limitation

From www.ozgrid.com/Excel/Autofilters.htm
the following tip: Excel's AutoFilter will only show 1000 unique items from a list. If you have more this and the value you want is not in the drop-down list, you can click Custom and type the value in.

Cheers,
Joerd

Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

RE: Filter/AutoFilter Limitation

(OP)
Thanks for the help.  This is not my spreadsheet so I'm just trying to help a friend.  The option to filter on another field will work provided the user is not looking for something that would be filtered out using this method.  As to typing in a "Custom" filter, this will work fine if the user types in the value to match the item in the list exactly.  If not, it will not be found.  I'm told that the user needs to be able to "pick from a list".  I have suggested data validation with =vlookup().  This will work if they only need to pick from one list.  I haven't heard back yet whether it is sufficient.  Again, thanks for the input.
bigsmile

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources