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Question I've been working on this for a few hours, and I seem to be running in circles. I want to automatically change a table of values based on what sorting criteria are used in a dropdown menu. Basically- I have student's names in Column A, and various tests and quizzes in Columns B through L. I have a dropdown menu (named as "Sort") that also has the list of all tests and quizzes given. I want to be able to just click "Test 4" from the dropdown menu and have every row without a score in it in the column containing "Test 4"'s scores to be hidden. But then I also want to be able to pick "Quiz 1" from the dropdown menu and not have to un-hide all previously hidden rows from "Test 4". This is sounding confusing, but I know it must be something simple I'm missing. Here's the code I've put together so far. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.
' Using worksheet_change so that whenever I change the dropdown menu cell it will run this macro
Private Sub worksheet_change(ByVal target As Range)
Dim myRg As Range
' "Sort" is what I used for the name of the dropdown menu cell
If Not Intersect(target, Me.Range("Sort")) Is Nothing Then
If Range("Sort").Value = "All Names" Then
Range("A5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
If Range("Sort").Value = "Test 1" Then
Range("B5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
If Range("Sort").Value = "Test 2" Then
Range("C5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
If Range("Sort").Value = "Test 3" Then
Range("D5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
If Range("Sort").Value = "Test 4" Then
Range("E5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
If Range("Sort").Value = "Quiz 1" Then
Range("F5").Select
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
Answer Private Sub worksheet_change(ByVal target As Range)
Dim sortBy As String
If Not Intersect(target, Me.Range("Sort")) Is Nothing Then
sortBy = target.Value
Me.AutoFilterMode = False
If sortBy = "All Names" Then
Range("A5").AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
ElseIf sortBy = "Test 1" Then
Range("B5").AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="<>"
ElseIf sortBy = "Test 2" Then
Range("C5").AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="<>"
'etc etc for other sort options...
End If
End If
End Sub
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