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Sheet View in a protected sheet
When I protect a worksheet that is shared with users over Office365, the custom view feature no longer works. The views previously created are still listed and can be selected, but a message appears saying "This sheet is protected" and the sheet view does not load.
Is there a solution?
To add to this, A new Temporary View can be created, but saved views can not be selected.
- I am also finding this an annoyance.
No solution after 18 months?
Same issue here for some Temporary Views already created.
- I found a resolution that works for me. If I enable "Use AutoFilter" in the 'Protect Sheet' window that pops up when enabling sheet protection, it lets me use my previously created 'Sheet Views'.
I was wondering if there are any other solutions to this issue? As ticking 'Use Autofilter' does not fix my issue in Sharepoint.
I have a spreadsheet on Sharepoint that currently has 4 different custom views that different people use. I have the sheet protected as there are formulas that I don't want amending or deleting by users of the spreadsheet - in the protection settings 'Use Autofilter' is selected, along with 'Sort'.
In Sharepoint, users cannot access the custom sheet views when the document is protected (the same error message stated in the original post appears and it goes back to default view), as soon as you unprotect the document it allows you to select them.
In the Desktop App it allows users to use the custom sheet views both when the sheet is protected and when it isn't, which is strange!
Is there any way I can get it to work in Sharepoint as many of the people using the spreadsheet do tend to have it open in Sharepoint rather than the desktop app.
Many thanks,
Steph.
- Yep this is driving my team crazy, we just migrated from Google sheets, and this is making people ask if we need to go back.... please fix this
Andyf20 I'm also having lots of issues with this. Sheet views online appear to be very temperamental. One thing I've found has often worked is to lock all cells (which is the default anyway), then unlock cells in the table you want to be editable (in desktop version format options). Enabling Autofilter in protect mode then appears to work. I've had this working for long periods, however I've found that this is not always consistent. Sometimes I'll get the same error message e.g. "Some cells in this sheet are protected" without me having changed anything. It's almost like it gets corrupted at some point. Sometimes it can be fixed by making the full table an unlocked range within excel online, but that is not ideal as there may be items you don't want users to be able to edit. Often the only fix is to recreate the table, which can take significant work - and is not always guaranteed that will fix the problem either. The sheet view option is so useful, but there are clear glitches which mean the behaviour is not consistent. Microsoft need to fix this. If anyone has any further advice it would be welcome!
