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Hi, I need to select from drop down lists that need to be interlinked and dependent based on the choice made in the preceding list
Primary List - Coal, Gas Renewables
Coal List €“ Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite, Peat
Anthracite List - Hi-grade, Low Grade
Bituminous List €“ Low Volatile, Medium Volatile, High Volatile
Lignite €“ No sub list
Peat - No sub list
Gas List - LPG, CNG, LNG
( No other sub lists)
Renewable List €“ Solar, wind, Hydro, Tidal
Example : If I choose Coal , the next Drop Down List will show the Coal List. From the Coal List, If I Select €śBituminous€ť then the next drop down list will show the sublist €śLow Volatile, Medium Volatile, High Volatile. Now if I select €śHigh Volatile€ť €“ the cell takes in the string €śHigh Volatile€ť
Any help on how to make this happen .

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Hi,
A great YouTube video from Leila Gharani on doing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mo4COng7Sg

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Hi, I need to select from drop down lists that need to be interlinked and
dependent based on the choice made in the preceding list Primary List -
Coal, Gas Renewables Coal List €“ Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite, Peat
Anthracite List - Hi-grade, Low Grade
Bituminous List €“ Low Volatile, Medium Volatile, High Volatile
Lignite €“ No sub list
Peat - No sub list
Gas List - LPG, CNG, LNG
( No other sub lists)
Renewable List €“ Solar, wind, Hydro, Tidal
Example : If I choose Coal , the next Drop Down List will show the Coal
List. From the Coal List, If I Select €śBituminous€ť then the next drop down
list will show the sublist €śLow Volatile, Medium Volatile, High Volatile.
Now if I select €śHigh Volatile€ť €“ the cell takes in the string €śHigh
Volatile€ť Any help on how to make this happen .

Thanks


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On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 4:49:51 PM UTC+5:30, Rob P wrote:
Hi,
A great YouTube video from Leila Gharani on doing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mo4COng7Sg

Hope this helps


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Here are the steps to create a dependent drop down list in Excel:
Select the cell where you want the first (main) drop down list.
Go to Data – Data Validation. This will open the data validation dialog box
In the data validation dialog box, within the settings tab, select List.
In Source field, specify the range that contains the items that are to be shown in the first drop down list.
Click OK. This will create the Drop Down 1.
Select the entire data set
Go to Formulas – Defined Names – Create from Selection (or you can use the keyboard shortcut Control + Shift + F3).
In the ‘Create Named from Selection’ dialog box, check the Top row option and uncheck all the others. Doing this creates 2 names ranges
Click OK.
Select the cell where you want the Dependent/Conditional Drop Down list (E3 in this example).
Go to Data – Data Validation.
In the Data Validation dialog box, within the setting tab, make sure List in selected.
In the Source field, enter the formula =INDIRECT(D3). Here, D3 is the cell that contains the main drop down.
Click OK.

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