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excel vba filtering

I've been researching this but I've been banging my head against this for hours... I am working on a VBA script that generates custom reports based on filtered data from an Excel table. The goal is to summarize sales data by region and product line, but I'm having issues dynamically referencing the filtered range. Specifically, when I try to set the variable for my filtered range, I encounter the behavior `Application-defined or object-defined behavior`. Here's the code snippet I've implemented: ```vba Sub GenerateReport() Dim ws As Worksheet Dim reportRange As Range Dim filteredRange As Range Dim lastRow As Long Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SalesData") lastRow = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row ' Filter the data based on criteria ws.Range("A1:E" & lastRow).AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="North" ' Trying to set the filtered range dynamically Set filteredRange = ws.Range("A2:E" & lastRow).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible) ' If filteredRange is empty, this throws an behavior. If Not filteredRange Is Nothing Then ' Further processing to generate the report ' ... Else MsgBox "No data found after filtering!" End If End Sub ``` The filtering is working correctly, but I'm unsure why `Set filteredRange` fails when there are no visible cells, even though I handle that case with an `If` check. I’ve also tried using behavior handling with `On behavior Resume Next` before setting the range, but that leads to unexpected behavior where my report generation runs without valid data. I’m using Excel 2019 and would appreciate any insights into why this approach might be failing, and if there’s a better way to handle dynamic range references for filtered data in VBA. Any best practices to ensure robustness in this kind of task would also be helpful. Is there a better approach? My development environment is Windows. What am I doing wrong?