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Debra Dalgleish Debra Dalgleish is offline
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Default Data Validation & Dependent Lists

It depends on where the Capitalization Flag information is stored. If
it's in a column to the right of each Activity list, you could use a
Vlookup formula. For example:

=VLOOKUP(D8,OFFSET(INDIRECT(SUBSTITUTE(C8," ","")),0,0,,2),2,0)

where the selected activity is in D8 and the Phase is in C8

Bob wrote:
Using the €śData Validation - Create Dependent Lists€ť instructions on Debra
Dalgleish's Contextures website as a guide, I set up a parent list (Phase)
and dependent list (Activity). For a given Phase, there are multiple
Activities. For each Activity within a given Phase there is also a
Capitalization Flag (€śYes€ť or €śNo€ť).

After a user has selected a Phase (in column A), and then an associated
Activity (in column B), I need a formula in column C that will automatically
display the Capitalization Flag associated with the Activity that was
selected in column B.

Please note that my parent list contains €śillegal€ť characters (spaces), so I
followed Debras instructions for €śUsing Items with Illegal Characters€ť
(http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html#Illegal).

I would greatly appreciate any help in creating a formula in column C that
will automatically display the Capitalization Flag associated with the
Activity that was selected in column B.

Thanks,
Bob



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