May 12 2020 06:08 AM - edited May 12 2020 06:09 AM
Apologies but this is all new to me and I am a teacher thrown in at the deep end with the current situation.
I currently have a whole school excel online spreadsheet on sharepoint so that multiple users can enter data. The problem is (I think) that staff are forgetting to remove filters and are somehow overwriting other staffs values.
Is there anyway to set up the doc so that all filters automatically clear after each user? Also incase im missing something could there be another reason why different data is being entered and removed across the entire document?
Thanks in advance!
May 12 2020 06:34 AM
@MMCCarte34 Hi there. First you should tell your students to apply the filters ONLY to them (individual).
To clean all the filters applied go to
click
in the SORT & FILTERS box.
LG
May 12 2020 06:49 AM
Thank you for this however the issue is that staff are not clearing filters. This then affects the next user and so on.
I need it to be done for them. Some staff are not coping well with this transition and are not IT literate no matter how many times they are supported.
Is there anyway to set it up that the document automatically removes all filters when the exit the document?
May 12 2020 07:10 AM
May 12 2020 07:12 AM
OK. Will they still need to clear their filters when they have finished adding data?
Thank you so much. Its a total headache for a large school staff.
May 12 2020 07:21 AM
Apr 26 2021 03:58 PM
Sep 01 2021 03:32 PM - edited Sep 01 2021 03:33 PM
@tSchneller hello i am late to the party but just found this thread, having the same issue. unfortunately even after asking users to filter "only themselves" this is not working. i'm wondering if you ever found a way to remove all filters automatically as soon as the user closes the file?
Nov 02 2021 07:17 AM
Nov 03 2021 05:24 AM
I am in the same spot. I'm looking for an option upon close that all the filters are removed. I have a few people in the excel document working and if I don't clear my filters before close and they do my filters hold. Even if I'm in "My View" @BoudardP
Jan 21 2022 04:18 AM
@Luis_Guicho Your screenshots are not from Excel Online (the browser version) which I believe the OP was asking about. I have a similar issue. I see in Excel Online that filters are active in some columns, but no matter what I do - highlight the cells or the entire row with the columns - the Clear button in Data tab remains grayed out. In the Excel app this works fine.
May 06 2022 01:37 AM
Having the same issue here. Daily requests to reset filters for users (where they bother to get in touch and don't just abandon the process). Look forward to someone coming up with a solution
Jan 30 2023 09:47 AM
There is a way, make the file read only. When the file is read only, all filter is limited to individual. If you still want to give them permission to edit the file. Make the file protected as default(meaning as view only as default).
File -> options -> protect file