Maybe one way ..
In Sheet1
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Assume the "master" table is in cols A to D
data from row2 down
(with the key column "Originator" in col D), viz:
Job Student Supervisor Originator
Job1 Student1 Supervisor1 John
Job2 Student2 Supervisor2 Ben
Job3 Student3 Supervisor3 John
etc
List across in F1:G1,
the Originators: John, Ben
Put in F2: =IF($D2="","",IF($D2=F$1,ROW(),""))
Copy F1 across to G2, then fill down by a safe "max"
expected number of rows of data in cols A to D,
say down to G1000
In a new Sheet2
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Let's reserve cell A1 for the originator's name
Input in A1: John
Put the same col headers into A2:D2, viz.:
Job Student Supervisor Originator
Put in A3:
=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(SMALL(INDIRECT("Sheet1!$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+
64)&":$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+64)),ROW(A1)),INDIRECT("Sheet1!$"&C
HAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+64)&":$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+64))
,0)),"",OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,MATCH(SMALL(INDIRECT("Sheet1!$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,S
heet1!$1:$1,0)+64)&":$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+64)),ROW(A1)),INDIRE
CT("Sheet1!$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet1!$1:$1,0)+64)&":$"&CHAR(MATCH($A$1,Sheet
1!$1:$1,0)+64)),0)-1,COLUMN(A1)-1))
(Restore the inadvertent line wraps / line breaks when you copy > paste the
above formula)
Copy A3 across to D3, then fill down by as many rows
as was done in Sheet1's cols F and G, say down to D1000
You'll see that cols A to D (in row3 down)
will auto-return the "filtered" rows from Sheet1
for the Originator: John input in A1,
i.e. for the sample data-set above, it'll appear as:
Job Student Supervisor Originator
Job1 Student1 Supervisor1 John
Job3 Student3 Supervisor3 John
Now just duplicate/make a copy of Sheet2,
change the input in A1 in the new sheet to: Ben
and you'll get the "filtered" rows for Ben:
Job Student Supervisor Originator
Job2 Student2 Supervisor2 Ben
And if you re-label the default sheetnames
with the Originator names: John, Ben
you could also then put in cell A1:
=MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))+1,32)
which will auto-extract the sheetname into cell A1
(instead of having to input into cell A1)
Adapt / extend to suit ..

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> Hi people,
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> thanks alot in advance guys, what you are doing is great
> Rudi Groenewald