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Sorting excel data multiple times based on column Name using VBScript


''Input Information - Workbook file Name with path
''WorkSheet Name
'' Provide the sort criteria based on which data needs to be filtered seperated by |

WorkBookFile = "C:\\testing.xls"
SheetName = "testing"
MultipleSortCriteria = "TestName|TestClass|TestPath"
'' Define the constants to be used in the script
  Const xlYes = 1
  Const xlAscending = 1
  Const xlDescending = 2
  Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
  Set oWB = oXL.WorkBooks.Open(WorkBookFile)
  Set oWS = oWB.Worksheets(SheetName)  
  Set oRnge = oWS.UsedRange
  ColCnt = oRnge.columns.count
  '' Create an array based on the sort criteria provided 
  aSrtCriteria = split(MultipleSortCriteria,"|")
  For i = ubound(aSrtCriteria) to 0 step -1
  ''Loop the times data needs to be sorted
   For j = 1 to ColCount step 1
    
    If (oWS.cells(1,j).value =aSrtCriteria(i)) Then
     '' Sort the data based on the column name
     Set oRngeSrt = oXL.Range(Chr(asc("A")- 1+j) & "1")
     oRnge.Sort oRngeSrt, xlDescending, , , , , , xlYes 
     oWB.save
      Exit For
    End If    
   Next
  Next
   oWB.Close
   oXL.Quit
   Set oWB = Nothing
   Set oXL = Nothing