Yes - that is how it works. You may want to experiment instead with
Autofilter. This will allow you to choose your criteria from a dropdown, and
the data refreshes immediately

"gearoid" wrote:

> I'm trying to get used to the advanced filter at the moment and the criteria
> range in Excel .... I think I have it working as expected, but each time I
> change the critera (say changing a name from "John" to "James"), the list
> isnt refreshed/refiltered to show the new criteria that I entered.
>
> I have to go through the menu "Data/Filter/AutoFilter" to refresh the list
> to show whatever it is I changed in the Criteria.... is this normal
> behaviour?