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Conditional Data Validation Options
So I have two columns of Data Validations:
Column A we'll call Cost Centers Column B we'll call Accounts If somebody puts in a Cost Center for a specific department which we will call Advertising, then a different list shows up in Column B of only Advertising Accts. I use the following formula in Column B for my Data Validation: =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A5,advertising,1,0)),accounts, advaccts) where "accounts" is all accounts and "advaccts" is only advertising accounts. That works ok. I'm sure that is not the best way of doing it; but here is my problem. If I don't put anything in Column A, users can type anything into Column B and there is no Data Validation. I was hoping that it would use the "accounts" list as validation if nothing was entered into Column A. Thoughts on how to keep data validation on column B if nothing is put into Column A? |
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Conditional Data Validation Options
See your earlier post.
-- Best Regards, Luke M "willwonka" wrote in message ... So I have two columns of Data Validations: Column A we'll call Cost Centers Column B we'll call Accounts If somebody puts in a Cost Center for a specific department which we will call Advertising, then a different list shows up in Column B of only Advertising Accts. I use the following formula in Column B for my Data Validation: =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A5,advertising,1,0)),accounts, advaccts) where "accounts" is all accounts and "advaccts" is only advertising accounts. That works ok. I'm sure that is not the best way of doing it; but here is my problem. If I don't put anything in Column A, users can type anything into Column B and there is no Data Validation. I was hoping that it would use the "accounts" list as validation if nothing was entered into Column A. Thoughts on how to keep data validation on column B if nothing is put into Column A? |
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I do apologize for double post. I did not know that Microsoft site
fed to google groups. I do now. ;-) On Mar 19, 12:08*pm, "Luke M" wrote: See your earlier post. -- Best Regards, Luke M"willwonka" wrote in message ... So I have two columns of Data Validations: Column A we'll call Cost Centers Column B we'll *call Accounts If somebody puts in a Cost Center for a specific department which we will call Advertising, then a different list shows up in Column B of only Advertising Accts. *I use the following formula in Column B for my Data Validation: =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A5,advertising,1,0)),accounts, advaccts) where "accounts" is all accounts and "advaccts" is only advertising accounts. That works ok. *I'm sure that is not the best way of doing it; but here is my problem. If I don't put anything in Column A, users can type anything into Column B and there is no Data Validation. *I was hoping that it would use the "accounts" list as validation if nothing was entered into Column A. Thoughts on how to keep data validation on column B if nothing is put into Column A?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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