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FILTER output leaves blank rows and blocks ranges

FILTER results leave blank rows or are blocked by other content, forcing manual spacing as the source grows.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 6 February 2020 · last reported 14 March 2025

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

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What's going wrong

Users who run FILTER over a data source that changes size get results that either leave many empty rows underneath or stop with an error because the output area is blocked by other content.

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 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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