Filter drop down list not complete

P

Pat

Why would the dropdown filter list leave out (Blanks) and (Nonblanks) from
the list?
 
F

Frank Kabel

Hi
have you checked tha range of your drop down list. Another reason for
ommitting blanks could be that you checked this option in the data
validation dialog
 
D

Debra Dalgleish

Those items are only included in the AutoFilter dropdown if the field
includes at least one blank record.
 
P

Pat

Hello Frank

I have discovered the source of the problem, the formula contained in the
column displays (0) zero when there is nothing to return for the formulas. I
got round this by custom formatting the column General;General; to remove
unwanted zeros. Now the filter list is complete.

Cheers
Pat
 
D

Dave Peterson

One way to actually return an empty string is to modify your formula:

=if(yourformula="","",yourformula)

a simple example:
=if(sheet2!a1="","",sheet2!a1)

It might make later processing less confusing.
 
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