Day: April 17, 2012

Excel VBA: Copy a Table Column Unique Data to Another Table Column

I have updated the functionality of my earlier post to only copy over unique values, then I added a sort on the values copied over.


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'Copy a column from one Table to another
Sub copyUnique()

'Delete current values prior to paste if values exist
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("Table2[[Column1]]")) <> 0 _
Then Range("Table2[[Column1]]").Delete

'Advanced filter for unique entries only
Range("Table1[[#All],[Column3]]").AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterInPlace, _
Unique:=True

'Select desired column to copy with destination option
Range("Table1[[Column3]]").Copy _
Destination:=Range("Table2[[Column1]]")

'Remove Filter After Copy
Range("Table1[[#Headers],[Column3]]").Select
ActiveSheet.ShowAllData

'Sort a table column A to Z
Worksheets("Sheet2").ListObjects("Column1").Sort.SortFields.Clear

Worksheets("Sheet2").ListObjects("Column1").Sort.SortFields.Add _
Key:=Range("Table2[[Column1]]"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, _
Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal

With Worksheets("Sheet2").ListObjects("Column1").Sort
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With

End Sub

I am not certain if this is the best way to do it but the code is snappy and works for my needs.