fsa tip #74 – Navigate your crop plan with filters

How to navigate your crop plan data with the Filter Tool in Google sheets.

You can watch the video here.

Here are the basic steps

1??  Highlight all your data (CMD-A or CTRL-A)

2??  Click CREATE A FILTER in the menu toolbar

3??  Inverted triangles appear in the headers of your columns

4??  Click on the triangles and filter away

PIVOT TABLES vs FILTERS

Recently we looked at Pivot Tables – Pivot Tables create a completely different report on a different page, This is great for greetings schedules and lists.

The filter tool does something different. It lets you manipulate the actual information in the spreadsheet. This way you can quickly drill down to the rows that you need to work with.

There are similar tools in Excel and other spreadsheet apps.

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