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I have a data sheet with 5000 items, and a user sheet with three drop-down
cells (data validation/list). When the user selects the first list, I want to use that value to populate the second two lists. I've set up formulas so that I know which rows (value in column A) *should* be in each of the two child listboxes (all "true" rows go in list 1, all "false" values in list 2) based on the user's first selection. What I haven't figured out is an efficient way to grab 5000 values in Column A based on a value in another column, and actually transform that into my two data validation lists (efficiently) Example with 6 records: Sasha True Bobbi False Carl False Gus True Drac False Claire True All 5000 records need to end up in either list 1 or list 2, and still have the workbook responsive enough to be usable (not spending extensive time recalculating). Any ideas on how to use the true/false values in column B to populate the data validation lists, as efficiently as possible? I can't use VBA because the workbook will be widely distributed and not all users will enable macros. Based on the level of user sophistication, I'm also avoiding things like having them switch to the data sheet and sort it after making their first selection- I'm really looking for a formula/named range formula/ data validation formula type of approach, but I'm at a loss for how to get these non-contiguous values into the data validation list. Thank you!! Keith |
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