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HaroldGodwinson
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Dec 09, 2023
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Excel Started Formatting Filter Function Strangely

I'm a big fan of the Filter function but yesterday I noticed that Excel has started to format the function bizarrely - I'm on Microsoft 365.

This is what I would expect the formula to look like:

=FILTER(tblRMRate[MP7item],tblRMRate[Country]=B2,0)

This is how 365 is formatting it:

=FILTER(tblRMRate[[MP7item ]],tblRMRate[[Country ]]=B2,0)

I tried to correct the format and got the "There is a problem with this formula" popup.

Anyone got any idea what gives?

 

  • HaroldGodwinson 

    Check the column headers/field names in the top row of the table. Is there a space at the end? That would explain what you see.

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      HaroldGodwinson
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      Thanks for your prompt and entirely correct response.
      That fixed the problem and gave me one more thing to check in the future.

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