Bug 167398 - Data -> Advanced Filter -> No Duplicates does not properly filter unique numbers with "Copy" parameter included
Summary: Data -> Advanced Filter -> No Duplicates does not properly filter unique numb...
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.7.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium minor
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Reported: 2025-07-06 09:51 UTC by jacob.sternig
Modified: 2025-12-30 18:56 UTC (History)
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Description jacob.sternig 2025-07-06 09:51:25 UTC
Description:
I was trying to use two procedures to summarize data into list.  First was to sort the data (everything worked with that command).  The last was to implement a UNIQUE function or filter to remove duplicate values from the list.

I initially tried the the formula, however, I learned the formula was only available in Libresoft Calc version 24.8.  From Linux Mint, I only have Libresoft Calc version 7.3.7.2.  

I did use the function found in Data -> Advanced Filter.  When I defined my parameters, i defined both the "No Duplicates" checkbox, and also the "Copy To" and defined a new array to copy the data.  

However, the resulting data obviously was just copied with no changes to the duplicate in the new list.  Just a copy of the original data.

Luckily, the work around is to just copy the data, then apply the filter to the copied data.  

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Have a vertical column of several numbers, with a few in the list are duplicate values
2.Go to Data -> Advanced Filter -> Options
3.In the "Read Filter Criteria From", select the column you created
4.Select the checkbox "No Duplicates"
5.Select the checkbox "Copy Results To"
5.Define the new column or box where the list is created
6.Press OK

Actual Results:
Most numbers I find are still kept, but found maybe 1 or 2 times where a few numbers were removed, but not enough to completely filter the list.

Expected Results:
Expect to see nothing but unique numbers copied into the newly select column that was selected for "Copy To"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.10
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2025-07-06 10:23:22 UTC
1. No idea what is "Libresoft".
2. Since you are using the ancient 7.3, it ispossible that this was fixed in a later version. To test that for you, we would need a sample file.

Note that "From Linux Mint, I only have Libresoft Calc version 7.3.7.2" is wrong; you can install from PPA ( https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/libreoffice ), or from a DEB available on LibreOffice download page.
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2025-07-06 10:24:52 UTC
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #1)
> https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/libreoffice

Its official page is https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa