I have a (rather big) table which I want to filter. Since the filter is complicated I am using "advanced filter". This works fine if I input the cell-range where the advanced filter is located (e.g. $Sheet1.$F$18:$F$21
) in the Advanced Filter Filter-Criteria dialog.
Now, since I want to have multiple advanced filters and since selecting them every time is quite cumbersome I thought of using named ranges. Then I could simply imput fa
, fb
, fc
for my different filter criterias. But the Advanced Filter dialog does not accept this. I get an invalid sheet reference
error.
How can I use named ranges together with advanced filters? Or is there another easy way to have pre-defined filters which can easily be activated?
At first, while setting the named range, set [x] Filter in Range Options:
Then you can select that named range as filter while setting advanced filter:
As you see, you will select the named range from the leftmost dropdown box.