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frogamama
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Apr 29, 2025

FILTER function returning VALUE error

Hi all,

I am doing a very simple FILTER function and cannot figure out why it is not working.

Below is my data I want to filter. "ID" column is column A, "Eligible?" column is B, data are in rows 2-6.

IDEligible?
100TRUE
101TRUE
102TRUE
103TRUE
104FALSE

My formula:

=FILTER(A2:A6,B2:B6=TRUE,"")

Returns a #VALUE! error, rather than the IDs 100-103 as I expect. Can someone help me understand why?

I have tried without the =TRUE, without the last argument, command+shift+return on Mac to make it an array function, and other things. I am stumped! Please help :) Thank you!

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  • It should work:

    Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar?

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