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How to Unfilter Rows with VBA

I have a macro that is supposed to unhide all columns and unfilter rows, but the unfilter portion doesn't work.

I would like the macro to unfilter the spreadsheet if a filter is applied and to not return an error if there is no filter applied. I read that AutoFilter needs to be turned on for ShowAllData to work so I attempted to do that. Still not working.

Sub GlobalMktg()
Sheets("Toolbox").Select
Cells.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Cells.EntireRow.Hidden = False
If ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False Then
ActiveSheet.Range("A1:Q1").AutoFilter
End If
ActiveSheet.ShowAllData
End Sub

Calyx Teren

ASKER

Thanks for the help, Martin, but what I'm really looking for is a fool-proof way for ActiveSheet.ShowAllData to work. It needs to work whether there is a filter applied already or not. Any ways to fool-proof this code?

Sub GlobalMktg()
Sheets("Toolbox").Select
Cells.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Cells.EntireRow.Hidden = False
ActiveSheet.ShowAllData
End Sub

Martin Liss

I actually deleted my first answer but activesheet.cells.autofilter will show all the data and there's no error if there's no filtering.

Martin Liss

I also just found this on the web but haven't tested it.

If (ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode And ActiveSheet.FilterMode) Or ActiveSheet.FilterMode Then
  ActiveSheet.ShowAllData
End If

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This seems to prevent ShowAllData from running when there is no actual filter applied but with AutoFilterMode turned on.

The second catch Or ActiveSheet.FilterMode should catch advanced filters

Calyx Teren

ASKER

I tried it, but it didn't work. Attaching the spreadsheet. The Marketing button is not working.
Dummy-Data-Marketing-Toolbox-MACRO.xlsm

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Calyx Teren

ASKER

That works! Now, is there a way to keep the dropdown filtering capability? It disappears when I run the macro.

Martin Liss

Starting to make dinner. Will get back to you.

Calyx Teren

ASKER

Figured it out. Just added this section to the macro:
Dim Lst As ListObject
Set Lst = ActiveSheet.ListObjects(1)
Lst.ShowAutoFilter = True

Thanks for the solution!

Martin Liss

You're welcome and I'm glad I was able to help.

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Calyx Teren

ASKER

Thanks, Martin. I'll take a look.