First off, type the entries you want to appear in the drop-down lists, each list in a separate column. For example, I'm creating a cascading dropdown of fruit exporters and column A of my source sheet (Fruit) includes the items of the first dropdown and 3 other columns list the item...
And, today, in this chapter, we will show you how to create Dependent Drop Down list in Microsoft Excel, using different methods. Dependent Drop Down list is also known as cascading data validation, and, it limits the choices in a drop down list, depending on the value selected in the o...
You can see that the options in Drop Down 2 depend on the selection made in Drop Down 1. If I select ‘Fruits’ in Drop Down 1, I am shown the fruit names, but if I select Vegetables in Drop Down 1, then I am shown the vegetable names in Drop Down 2. This is called a condit...
If I use Data Validation to create a drop-down list with themyItemListdefined name I’ll get eight items returned becauseTable1has eight data rows. As you can see in the picture below, theVegetablesitem list has two blank lines, and theOther Stuffitem list has one blank line. Not an ...
See how to set up a dependent dropdown list. In this example, the first dropdown list is the column headers of a table, and depending on what the user selects, that will define the contents of the second dropdown.
Step 2. Make a primary drop-down list With the source data properly arranged, create the first drop-down list in the usual way with the help ofExcel Data Validation: Select the topmost cell in which you want the primary dropdown list to appear (B3 in our case). ...
Step 2: Create the Parent Drop-down List Ok, now that we have the source data lists setup we can create the drop-down lists. We will do this with in-cell data validation lists. Dependent drop-down lists are not a built-in feature of Excel. Therefore, we need to get creative with ...
First, select all the data cells in the Regions column Next, on the Excel Ribbon's Data tab, in the Data Tools group, click the Data Validation button When the Data Validation dialog box open, go to the Settings tab First, click in the Allow box Then, from the Allow drop down list,...
Get the completed workbook forDependent Drop Down Lists. The zipped file is in xlsx format, and does not contain macros. More Tutorials Data Validation Basics Create Dependent Drop Down Lists Dependent Drop downs from a Sorted List Dependent Lists With INDEX ...
Thanks so much for this - the Excel tables with dynamic range feature is just what I'm looking for. Do you know if it's possible to hide results until selections have been made? E.g. 1) In the first drop down list Select 'Role 1' 2) In the second drop down list select 'Perso...