Autofilter - Return a Value

[Kay]

Hi,

I have a database list that I apply the AutoFilter to, eg "Dec" to
displat December's data.

Even though it's obvious what month is displayed, is there any way to
have a cell display the value of the filter, in this case "Dec"
displayed in a cell?

Regards,
Kay S

 

[Kay]

Tks Ken for the 2 responces ... but I have col A entries of Jan, Feb,
Mar etc entered as straight text rather than dates.

Users will be filtering on that column only also. This data is
imported as text unfortunately.

So, any ideas on how the filtered month can displayed in a cell
returned if it is entered as text in col A?

Regards, Kay

 

[Ken Wright]

Are they real dates? if so then just use a SUBTOTAL formula to return the MAX
value of the filtered list and format it the same as the dates.

=SUBTOTAL(4,A1:A1000)

 

[Ken Wright]

The other option is to use Data / Filter / Advanced Filter and actually use the
cell you want to create as the Filter criteria.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

In that case...

=INDEX(A3:A30,MATCH(1,SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(A3:A30,ROW(A3:A30)-MIN(ROW(A3:A30)),,1)),0))

which must be confirmed with control+shift+enter instead of just wit
enter.

Adjust the range to suit.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

To show the value that has been selected in the AutoFilter dropdown, you
can create a User Defined Function. Tom Ogilvy posted the following
function, that returns the criteria from a column in an autofiltered
table. It will show both criteria if there are two, and includes the
operator.

Public Function ShowFilter(rng As Range)
'UDF that displays the filter criteria.
'posted by Tom Ogilvy 1/17/02
'To make it respond to a filter change, tie it to the subtotal command.
'=showfilter(B2)&CHAR(SUBTOTAL(9,B3)*0+32)
'So the above would show the criteria for column B

Dim filt As Filter
Dim sCrit1 As String
Dim sCrit2 As String
Dim sop As String
Dim lngOp As Long
Dim lngOff As Long
Dim frng As Range
Dim sh As Worksheet
Set sh = rng.Parent
If sh.FilterMode = False Then
ShowFilter = "No Active Filter"
Exit Function
End If
Set frng = sh.AutoFilter.Range

If Intersect(rng.EntireColumn, frng) Is Nothing Then
ShowFilter = CVErr(xlErrRef)
Else
lngOff = rng.Column - frng.Columns(1).Column + 1
If Not sh.AutoFilter.Filters(lngOff).On Then
ShowFilter = "No Conditions"
Else
Set filt = sh.AutoFilter.Filters(lngOff)
On Error Resume Next
sCrit1 = filt.Criteria1
sCrit2 = filt.Criteria2
lngOp = filt.Operator
If lngOp = xlAnd Then
sop = " And "
ElseIf lngOp = xlOr Then
sop = " or "
Else
sop = ""
End If
ShowFilter = sCrit1 & sop & sCrit2
End If
End If
End Function
'==============================================

 

[Ken Wright]

LOL - Just in case I hadn't mentioned it for a while, "Aladin - You da man!!!"

 

[KC]

Thanks so much Ken, Aladin and Debra!

Regards, Kay