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vlookup or other
I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a
drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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Hi
maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown
in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto-populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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Hi
then you can use the VLOOKUP function assuming you have a table somewhere (maybe sheet 2) with ...........A..................B................... ......C 1.....Shift...............Start Time............End Time 2.....AM..............06:00....................... .18:00 etc then with your drop down on sheet 1 cell A1 click in B1 (or where you want the start time returned to) and type =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,2,0) for the end time it would be =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,3,0) hope this helps Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto-populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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OK, I tried that and I keep getting #N/A. Here's what I have
........R.................S....................... 1....SHIFT...........HOURS................ 2....8-5...............8..................... 3....7-5...............9..................... My drop down is in cell B4 and uses validation from the above lists. formula: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,2,TRUE) All it will give me is a #N/A error. "JulieD" wrote: Hi then you can use the VLOOKUP function assuming you have a table somewhere (maybe sheet 2) with ...........A..................B................... ......C 1.....Shift...............Start Time............End Time 2.....AM..............06:00....................... .18:00 etc then with your drop down on sheet 1 cell A1 click in B1 (or where you want the start time returned to) and type =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,2,0) for the end time it would be =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,3,0) hope this helps Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto-populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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Oops, type. Formula actually looks like this:
=vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,19,TRUE) "brodiemac" wrote: OK, I tried that and I keep getting #N/A. Here's what I have .......R.................S....................... 1....SHIFT...........HOURS................ 2....8-5...............8..................... 3....7-5...............9..................... My drop down is in cell B4 and uses validation from the above lists. formula: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,2,TRUE) All it will give me is a #N/A error. "JulieD" wrote: Hi then you can use the VLOOKUP function assuming you have a table somewhere (maybe sheet 2) with ...........A..................B................... ......C 1.....Shift...............Start Time............End Time 2.....AM..............06:00....................... .18:00 etc then with your drop down on sheet 1 cell A1 click in B1 (or where you want the start time returned to) and type =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,2,0) for the end time it would be =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,3,0) hope this helps Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto-populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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Brodie ...
Your formula ... =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,19,TRUE) With Range ($R$2:$S$10) ... you only have 2 Cols ... but your vlookup formula is calling for the 19th Col of the Range ($R$2:$S$10)... can't be ... Also ... I love vlookup, but for my applications I tend to set TRUE to FALSE (or "0") ... Kha -----Original Message----- Oops, type. Formula actually looks like this: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,19,TRUE) "brodiemac" wrote: OK, I tried that and I keep getting #N/A. Here's what I have .......R.................S....................... 1....SHIFT...........HOURS................ 2....8-5...............8..................... 3....7-5...............9..................... My drop down is in cell B4 and uses validation from the above lists. formula: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,2,TRUE) All it will give me is a #N/A error. "JulieD" wrote: Hi then you can use the VLOOKUP function assuming you have a table somewhere (maybe sheet 2) with ...........A..................B................... ......C 1.....Shift...............Start Time............End Time 2.....AM..............06:00....................... .18:00 etc then with your drop down on sheet 1 cell A1 click in B1 (or where you want the start time returned to) and type =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,2,0) for the end time it would be =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,3,0) hope this helps Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message news:6BAEE7C2-852E-47A9-B44F- ... Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto- populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message news:1278F06F-E41F-4152-AEE6- ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? . |
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Yours might be a problem with cell formatting. You could try formatting all
the cells referenced in your vlookup as text and re-entering the information. This worked for me when I tried to replicate your problem. Changing the Range_lookup in your formula from TRUE to FALSE might be an easier way, since your drop-down list draws from your table's list anyway. Jim "brodiemac" wrote in message ... Oops, type. Formula actually looks like this: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,19,TRUE) "brodiemac" wrote: OK, I tried that and I keep getting #N/A. Here's what I have .......R.................S....................... 1....SHIFT...........HOURS................ 2....8-5...............8..................... 3....7-5...............9..................... My drop down is in cell B4 and uses validation from the above lists. formula: =vlookup(B4,$R$2:$S$10,2,TRUE) All it will give me is a #N/A error. "JulieD" wrote: Hi then you can use the VLOOKUP function assuming you have a table somewhere (maybe sheet 2) with ...........A..................B................... ......C 1.....Shift...............Start Time............End Time 2.....AM..............06:00....................... .18:00 etc then with your drop down on sheet 1 cell A1 click in B1 (or where you want the start time returned to) and type =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,2,0) for the end time it would be =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$2:$C$10,3,0) hope this helps Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... Very close and thank you for the suggestion. I'm not looking for a dropdown in the second cell. I want the second cell to auto-populate with data associated with what was selected in the drop down in the first cell. "JulieD" wrote: Hi maybe this is what you're looking for http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html Cheers JulieD "brodiemac" wrote in message ... I'm creating a new sheet to assign shifts for my employees. I want to have a drop down in one cell where I can pick shift times then in the next cell, have the hours automatically picked in assiciation with the shift. I've already created the drop down using validation but am not sure how to get the second cell to automatically picks the hours associated with the shift. Is this a vlookup function or other? |
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