Microsoft Excel offers abuilt-in filter featurealong with the option to use an advanced filter.
What Is the FILTER Function in Excel?
The syntax for the formula is
where only the first two arguments are required.
In each screenshot, you’ll see our filter results on the right.
This returns all results containing Electronics.
Here, we’ll use the data in cell B15.
If you aren’t receiving any results for your formula or are seeing the #CALC!
error, you might use the third argumentif_empty.
For instance, we’ll display None if the result is blank.
You’ll include an operator forAND (*) or OR (+).
And theadvanced filterworks well for filtering by a criteria range in place or another location.
But for using multiple criteria and sorting at the same time, take the FILTER function for a spin.