Keeping Validation References When Breaking out Spreadsheets Using
 

Hello,
I am using a version of Ron Debruins macro that breakouts spreadsheets into
separate spreadsheets using a filter on a selected column.

The issue that I am having is that I have a series of validation references
located in the main sheet in hidden rows (rows 1-14 are hidden). I need to
be able to retain these references in all the newly created sheets and retain
the fixed references.

How do I do this?

Thanks in advance.

Modified Ron Debruin Macro
Sub FPR_Breakout_Worksheets()
Dim calcmode As Long
Dim ws1 As Worksheet
Dim ws2 As Worksheet
Dim WSNew As Worksheet
Dim Rng As Range
Dim Cell As Range
Dim Lrow As Long
Dim FieldNum As Integer

'Name of the sheet with your data
Set ws1 = ActiveSheet '<<< Change

'Set filter range : A1 is the top left cell of your filter range and
'the header of the first column, D is the last column in the filter range
Set Rng = ws1.Range("A14:AM" & Rows.Count)

'Set Field number of the filter column
'This example filters on the first field in the range(change the field
if needed)
'In this case the range starts in A so Field:=1 is column A, 2 = column
B, ......
FieldNum = 1

With Application
calcmode = .Calculation
.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
.ScreenUpdating = False
End With

' Add a worksheet to copy the a unique list and add the CriteriaRange
Set ws2 = Worksheets.Add

With ws2
'first we copy the Unique data from the filter field to ws2
Rng.Columns(FieldNum).AdvancedFilter _
Action:=xlFilterCopy, _
CopyToRange:=.Range("A1"), Unique:=True

'loop through the unique list in ws2 and filter/copy to a new sheet
Lrow = .Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For Each Cell In .Range("A3:A" & Lrow)

Set WSNew = Sheets.Add
On Error Resume Next
WSNew.Name = Cell.Value
If Err.Number 0 Then
MsgBox "Change the name of : " & WSNew.Name & " manually"
Err.Clear
End If
On Error GoTo 0

'Firstly, remove the AutoFilter
ws1.AutoFilterMode = False

'Filter the range
Rng.AutoFilter Field:=FieldNum, Criteria1:="=" & Cell.Value

'Copy the visible data and use PasteSpecial to paste to the new
worksheet
ws1.AutoFilter.Range.Copy
With WSNew.Range("A1")
' Paste:=8 will copy the columnwidth in Excel 2000 and higher
.PasteSpecial Paste:=8
.PasteSpecial xlPasteAll
.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats
Application.CutCopyMode = False
.Select
End With

'Close AutoFilter
ws1.AutoFilterMode = False

Next Cell

'Delete the ws2 sheet
On Error Resume Next
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
On Error GoTo 0

End With

With Application
.ScreenUpdating = True
.Calculation = calcmode
End With
End Sub