Unable to lock smart sheet filtered data in excel

umadeviv5
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Unable to lock smart sheet data in the excel once I export to Excel - I am loosing all the filters which I applied in the smart sheet. Need some help/advise.
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Make a report. Use the report builder to populate your report with the records that you would see in the filtered sheet. Export the report records to excel.
I don't understand the issue with locking … can you explain further?
I'm on an enterprise license. I use the live data connector to link excel with smartsheet sheet(s) and report(s). It's has limitations (sharing/security) but it eliminates the need to constantly export data. A plus is that the excel sheet can be refreshed to reflect changes in smartsheet data.