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I work in the accounting department of a hospital that has 37 facilities,
each with their own ID. What I want to do is have one cell contain a drop
list so that the user can choose a facility and have another cell that
automatically inputs the correct ID based on what facility has been chosen.
The "If" function would work great only if it wasn't for its limitation on
nesting. I know how to produce the cell with the drop list. What I want to
know is how can set up another cell so that it automatically assigns an ID
that corresponds to the correct facilility.

Thanks
Joseph


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Hello, Joseph. I have loaded a similar workbook, except it's part numbers
that return prices. You can use the same features.
Here's the workbook:
http://www.myexpertsonline.com/freedls/pricelist.xls
Here's the Data Validation featu
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm
Here's VLOOKUP:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm

Hope it helps!
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~Anne Troy

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www.MyExpertsOnline.com


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I work in the accounting department of a hospital that has 37 facilities,
each with their own ID. What I want to do is have one cell contain a drop
list so that the user can choose a facility and have another cell that
automatically inputs the correct ID based on what facility has been

chosen.
The "If" function would work great only if it wasn't for its limitation on
nesting. I know how to produce the cell with the drop list. What I want

to
know is how can set up another cell so that it automatically assigns an ID
that corresponds to the correct facilility.

Thanks
Joseph




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Hi Anne,

Thank you so much. I got it to work. This is so cool.

Joseph


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Hello, Joseph. I have loaded a similar workbook, except it's part numbers
that return prices. You can use the same features.
Here's the workbook:
http://www.myexpertsonline.com/freedls/pricelist.xls
Here's the Data Validation featu
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm
Here's VLOOKUP:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/...soft_excel.htm

Hope it helps!
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com


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I work in the accounting department of a hospital that has 37 facilities,
each with their own ID. What I want to do is have one cell contain a
drop
list so that the user can choose a facility and have another cell that
automatically inputs the correct ID based on what facility has been

chosen.
The "If" function would work great only if it wasn't for its limitation
on
nesting. I know how to produce the cell with the drop list. What I want

to
know is how can set up another cell so that it automatically assigns an
ID
that corresponds to the correct facilility.

Thanks
Joseph






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