May 11 2023 02:05 AM - edited May 11 2023 02:06 AM
Hello everyone,
I have the following situation:
I have to add a data validation from a range but applying a filter
My Data Validation must be composed from the following list (Activity) only when the column TYPE = 1
how to apply a filter in the VBA for a data validation?
Sub PopulateFromANamedRange()
Range("A18").Validation.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Formula1:="=Activity"
.IgnoreBlank = True
.InCellDropdown = True
.InputTitle = ""
.ErrorTitle = "Error"
.InputMessage = ""
.ErrorMessage = "Please Provide a Valid Input"
.ShowInput = True
.ShowError = True
End Sub
thanks a lot
May 11 2023 02:34 AM
You can use the AutoFilter method to filter the range before creating the data validation.
Here's an example code that should work for your situation:
Sub PopulateFromANamedRange()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim filterRange As Range, validationRange As Range
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1") 'change the sheet name to your sheet
'set the range to be filtered and the validation range
Set filterRange = ws.Range("A1:B4")
Set validationRange = ws.Range("A1:A4")
'filter the range to show only rows where type = 1
filterRange.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:=1
'create the data validation from the filtered range
With ws.Range("A18").Validation
.Delete 'remove any existing validation
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Formula1:="=" & filterRange.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Address
.IgnoreBlank = True
.InCellDropdown = True
.InputTitle = ""
.ErrorTitle = "Error"
.InputMessage = ""
.ErrorMessage = "Please provide a valid input"
.ShowInput = True
.ShowError = True
End With
'remove the filter from the range
filterRange.AutoFilter Field:=2
End Sub
I hope this helps!
May 11 2023 03:38 AM
HI,@NikolinoDE
thanks you very much, but they give me this error:
Sub PopulateFromANamedRange()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim wss As Worksheet
Dim filterRange As Range, validationRange As Range
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set wss = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2")
'set the range to be filtered and the validation range
Set filterRange = ws.Range("A1:F62") 'F has the Criteria=1 (Type)
Set validationRange = ws.Range("C1:C62") 'C has the value that need filter (Activity)
'filter the range to show only rows where type = 1
filterRange.AutoFilter Field:=6, Criteria1:=1
'create the data validation from the filtered range
With wss.Range("Activity").Validation
.Delete 'remove any existing validation
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Formula1:="=" & filterRange.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Address
.IgnoreBlank = True
.InCellDropdown = True
.InputTitle = ""
.ErrorTitle = "Error"
.InputMessage = ""
.ErrorMessage = "Please provide a valid input"
.ShowInput = True
.ShowError = True
End With
'remove the filter from the range
filterRange.AutoFilter Field:=6
End Sub
:
May 11 2023 04:18 AM
The error "1004" is a generic error in Excel, maybe related to the following line of code:
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Formula1:="=" & filterRange.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Address
The error can occur if the range specified in filterRange.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Address does not contain any visible cells, or if there are not enough visible cells to create a valid data validation list.
To fix this error, you can add some error handling code to check if there are any visible cells in the filtered range before creating the data validation list.
Here's an example:
'check if there are any visible cells in the filtered range
If Application.WorksheetFunction.Subtotal(103, filterRange) > 1 Then
'create the data validation from the filtered range
With wss.Range("Activity").Validation
.Delete 'remove any existing validation
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, _
Formula1:="=" & filterRange.Columns(1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).Address
.IgnoreBlank = True
.InCellDropdown = True
.InputTitle = ""
.ErrorTitle = "Error"
.InputMessage = ""
.ErrorMessage = "Please provide a valid input"
.ShowInput = True
.ShowError = True
End With
Else
MsgBox "No visible cells to create data validation list.", vbExclamation
End If
This code checks if there are any visible cells in the filtered range using the Subtotal function. If there are visible cells, it creates the data validation list as before. If there are no visible cells, it displays a message box informing the user that there are no visible cells to create the data validation list.
May 11 2023 08:06 AM - edited May 11 2023 08:07 AM
HI @NikolinoDE ,
thanks now i have another problem I can’t see the results my data validation is empty, it doesn’t take me values from Page 2.
cannot load filtered values from another sheet (Sheet2), because I call the validation list from another sheet.
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1") -where i have the value which must be filtered
Set wss = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet2") -where I create my DataValidation
thanks