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Asked: 2026-05-17T07:01:39+00:00

I can set up an autofilter using pyWin32, but I wondered if it’s possible

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I can set up an autofilter using pyWin32, but I wondered if it’s possible to set a default filter and what the syntax would be.

For example, I’d like to set a filter on a year column and set the default for the current year.

xl = Dispatch("Excel.Application") 
xl.Workbooks.Open(file_path) 
xl.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(sheetname).Range("A2:A6").AutoFilter(1)
xl.ActiveWorkbook.Close(SaveChanges=1)

I’ve looked on the web for documentation on pywin32, and also Microsofts site, but can’t work out how to translate the MS syntax to pywin32

Range("A2:A6").AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=rng.Value
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  1. Editorial Team

    I bumped into the same problem and after a bit of experimentation, I found that it was possible to set a range on the Columns attribute. Since I wanted to autofilter on columns A thru I, I set the criteria as follows:

    xl.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Columns("A:I").AutoFilter(1)

    This worked for me. I’m assuming that you want to filter on Columns B thru F since AutoFilter is enabled only for columns. Perhaps the following criteria will work for you:

    xl.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Columns("B:F").AutoFilter(1)

    Alok

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