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How to get unfiltered excel data without removing filtered data?

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Hi 

 

I have filtered excel data and I want to get all unfiltered data

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I have excel data like this and I want to get data that is shown. 

If I just do read excel worksheet it would get data including the hidden data

Is there anyway I could do this without removing hidden rows??

Due to large data, it takes forever to remove data.

 

Thank you

 

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  • VJR Profile Picture
    VJR 7,635 on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    You can use Excel as a database and fire an Sql query on the data to get the filtered rows (or unfiltered rows).

    Run SQL queries on Excel files - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

     

    This is also possible through either a VBA Excel macro or a vbscript and you will find tons of readymade code regarding the same.

  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    I agree with @VJR , not knowing much about SQL, I would opt for VBA and there are commands for VisibleCellsOnly such as select and copy. Best of luck!

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    momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    As @VJR - I'm on the SQL side of the fence too, I use it in 99% of time i need to get or update data in Excel 🙂

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