Thanks, Roger! That was exactly what I needed to do.

I had another question on a different topic. Should I post it separately,
or can I continue it on this discussion thread with you?

Mick

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Mick
If that is the case, then you need
=OR(AF20, AI20, AL20).

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Motown Mick" wrote in message
...
Dear Roger,

It does not appear that the numeric procedure you outlined in your
message
of 6/7/2007, 2.22AM achieved the desired result. Rather than
flitering for
the rows that have at least one entry greater than zero, it appears to
have
filtered for the rows that are completely free of non-zero entries.

Rather than create an additional column and run the risk of disturbing
my
previous analyses, I filled in a column way off to the right, AZ,
which I
labelled "Filter" in AZ1, and wrote in AZ2 the fomula =AND(AF20,
AI20,
AL20). I clicked check and saw that "FALSE" appeared in AZ2. I
dragged the
formula down the range of data, to AZ68, where the data ended.

"FALSE" appeared in every cell, barring one; this was the cell
corresponding
to a row that had an entry greater than zero in each of the above
columns I
perfromed this operation on; AF, AI and AL.

This cannot have performed the desired operation because, by visual
inspection alone, I was able to see that column AF had at least a
dozen or so
entries greater than zero in it. If the operation you outlined had
performed
the desired result, there would have been at least a dozen appearances
of
"TRUE" in column AZ.

Please allow me to repeat for emphasis: I am NOT trying to filter for
rows
that are COMPLETELY free of non-zero entries. I AM trying to filter
for the
rows that contain AT LEAST ONE non-zero entry.

If you know of a procedure that can accomplish this, please kindly
share
your knowledge with me. Otherwise, the visual inspection procedure I
have
already outlined is satisfactory for my needs for the time being.

Thank you for your assistance.

Mick

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Mick

No, the filter will deal will most things you throw at it.
A custom condition of Greater than and 0 will work fine.

Equally, the last formula I provided will work, giving just one "new"
column to filter on.

Just go ahead and try it. You will soon find how versatile and useful
the function is.
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Regards

Roger Govier


"Motown Mick" wrote in message
...
Dear Roger,

Yes, sorry I had to throw multiple posts at you, I didn't even see
my
own
post.

Before I try any of these procedures you are suggesting, I wanted
to
be sure
that they are designed to accomplish the task I am trying to do.
They
sound
like they may be designed to filter for the rows that are
COMPLETELY
free of
non-zero entries.

This is not what I am trying to do. I am trying to filter for the
rows that
contain AT LEAST ONE entry greater than zero.

Please let me know if you think the last numeric procedure you
outlined will
accomplish that task. If it does, it would probably be ideal for
what
I am
trying to accomplish.

If it does not, can you think of any other procedures that might
accomplish
this task?

Thank you.

Mick

"Roger Govier" wrote:

I think there must have been a problem with the server yesterday,
as
you
are the second person not to see a reply I posted.
Here is what I said

Each Filter is independent.
Say you have filters applied to columns A through G, so they all
have
the filter button showing.
Lets assume that you are interested in filtering based upon Column
A,
D
and F

Use the dropdown on column A, to select non blanks. You will now
see
a
subset of rows, where all of column A contains values.
Whilst that filter is in place, apply a filter to column D, and
you
list
will be smaller, with no blanks appearing in A or D.
Now apply a filter to column D and you will have all of the rows
where
there are no blanks in A or D or F.

The filter is therefore cumulative.
Clicking any of the filtered columns, and selecting All, just
removes
the filter for that column - the others would remain, unless you
selected All on each in turn.

The option DataFilterShow All or using the Show All icon dragged
to
your toolbar, removes all filters off all columns in one go and
you
are
back to your full list of data again.

If you are saying you want to filter for all three columns in one
go,
then you would need to add an additional column - lets say column
H.
In
cell H2 enter
=AND(ISBLANK(A2),ISBLANK(D2),ISBLANK(F2))
Copy this down column H and it will return either TRUE or FALSE
Filter on this column for FALSE and you will have all of the rows
which
do not have blank entries in columns A, D and F.

Note. If your data is numeric and you are looking for values
greater
than 0, make the formula
=AND(A20,D20,F20) and filter for TRUE.


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Regards

Roger Govier


"Motown Mick" wrote in
message
...
Dear Roger:

I was able to create the Show All and Autofilter icons this
time.
Thanks.

Just an aside; the adjascent columns within the range that I am
working on
that I don't wish to filter aren't blank.

I highlighted the entire range of columns I wish to perform the
filtering
operation on. Then I did DataFilterAutofilter and saw that it
was
only
these columns that had the dropdown arrow on them. I clicked
the
dropdown on
the primary column and applied the filtering operation on it. I
saw
that its
arrow turned blue.

It does not appear that the filtering operation was performed on
any
of the
other columns.

Then I clicked "Show All" and it undid the filtering operation
on
the
primary columns. Then I went and applied the operation to the
the
auxilliary
columns as well.

I think I will be OK with performing the operation as I have
described
above. I now know a quick and efficient way to undo the filter
and
apply it
to the other columns I am interested in looking at. By looking
at
the
primary column after applying the filter to the auxilliary
columns,
by
simple
visual inspection, I can determine if there are any blank cells
in
the
primary column, and copy those rows into a new worksheet.

I was looking for a quick and efficient way to filter the
worksheet
for all
rows that had at least one entry greater than zero in at least
one
of
the
three pertinent columns that could be done all at once, in one
simple
stroke,
and without the visual inspection described above. If you know
of
such a
way, please describe that to me.

If Excel cannot do that, that's ok, you've been very helpful.
Thanks.

Mick