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Filter criteria cannot come from cells or lists

Filters cannot take a typed cell, a keyword list or another filter's output as criteria without rewriting the formula.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

7 public reports · first reported 22 March 2019 · last reported 23 July 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Many people want a filter to use a value typed in a cell, a list of keywords, a name from a dropdown, or the output of another filter as its criteria.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 7 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.