If you’re not using Office 365 and don’t have access to the FILTER function, you can still create the ‘filter as you type’ search box in Excel. Now when you enter A in the search box, it will only give you records for Asia. In case you want to have the text string (that you enter in the search box) at the beginning only, you can use the below formula instead: =FILTER(A4:C13,LEFT(B4:B13,LEN(E1))=E1) The position of the text string in the cells in column B is not checked. For example, if you enter ‘a’ in the text box, it would return all the records for Canada, Asia, and Brazil. Note that this formula checks whether the text string entered in the text box appears in the cells in column B or not. The ISNUMBER function is used to get TRUE if there is a match and the cell returns a number, and FALSE is it returns the error.īased on this condition, the data is filtered as you type. All the cells that have the text will return a number and those that don’t will return the #VALUE! error. The SEARCH formula checks whether the value entered in the text box (which also automatically gets entered in cell E1) is there in the cells in column B or not. The above formula uses the FILTER function with the array as the original dataset and the condition uses the SEARCH formula. Now that we have linked the text box to a cell, the last step is to filter the data based on the value in the text box (which in turn would be the value in cell E1)įor this, we need to enter the FILTER formula in cell E4, so that results are filtered and shown there.īelow is the formula that will now filter the results as soon you can enter anything in the text box: =FILTER(A4:C13,ISNUMBER(SEARCH(E1,B4:B13))) Now, when you enter any text in the text box, you will notice that it appears in cell E1 in real-time (as you’re typing) You will notice that it turns from dark gray to light gray (indicating that it’s not enabled now). Go to the Developer tab, and click on the Design mode.This is the cell that we are connecting to the text box In the properties window, come to the Linked Cell option and enter F1.This will show the Properties Window Pane for the text box. Click the View option in the menu and then click on Properties Window.This will allow us to use the value in the cell to filter the data.īelow are the steps to link the text box to a cell: Now that we have the text box in the worksheet, the next step is to connect it to a cell in the worksheet so that when you type anything in the worksheet, it will also automatically be entered in a cell. This will make the Developer tab visible in the ribbon. In the Excel Options dialog box that opens, check the Developer option in the right pane and click OK. In case you don’t see the Developer tab in the ribbon (in Step 1), right-click on any of the tabs and click on ‘Customize the Ribbon’.
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