How can we group rows? I have problem....

[foxnight]

Hi, I got data in A2(client name) and B2 - H2(are datas from this clients transactions). NOw A3 is blank,
but B3-H3 are still another set of datas from the same client name(A2).. I want to filter the A column by clients.
The problem is , when I filter by clients name... for example A2....it will view only the row from A2-H2...
NOw, I want when I filter A2 .... the sheet should display "A2-H2" & "A3(blank) - H3"...

Can anybody help me? Please

 

[ron_at_buy]

A possible solution is to insert an additional column A this will automatically move your data column over so your existing column A becomes B.
Then enter a character (say x) against the rows you wish to filter, then filter on column A using x as the criteria.
Without knowing more detail of your full requirements I really can't go further, but it may be possible (with the use of formulae) to enter the x in column A automatically given a set of circumstances e.g. in its simplest form in A3 enter =IF(B2="Fred","x","")
Hope this may give you some help in resolving your problem.

 

[pmor1945]

Hi foxnight,

Have you solved your problem?

If not this may help if you have XL 2003 (menus), not XL 07 (ribbons)!

The easiest way to do this is to:

§ select A1:A1000 (Your Range, Assuming your range is that, and that you have data in odd cells at different intervals eg A1, A35, A134, etc, then

§ do F5 or (Edit / Go To) / Special / Blanks. This will make your active cell A2.

§ Now simply type = and then

§ use the mouse to click onto cell A1, and then hit CTRL+ENTER.
This will enter a formula in all your missing columns.

§ Now select all of Col A and do Ctrl C (Edit / Copy /)
and then Edit / Paste Special / Values to replace the formulas with vaules.

All your cells in Col A should now have entries - copies of the entry above. So your filter will work as you want.

If you nee XL07 help let me know on this thread and I will help.

Regards,

Peter