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    Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    Hi I am trying to create 2 drop down lists dependent on 1 column( a drop down list too).
    Its like a mini sales pipeline thing
    So 1st drop down is vendors, 2nd is Product ( dependent on Vendor), 3rd is Task ( dependent on Vendor too)
    I am unable to attach file on both chrome and firefox.
    So what I did is on a separate sheet I created table
    Vendor1 Vendor 2 vendor3
    Product A Product B Product c

    Similarly on another sheet another table but instead of product , I put task

    I can do only drop down for Vendor and Product but not for tasks using Indirect Substitute method.
    Any help is appreciated. Thank you
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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    Thank you for this. problem is I'm not understanding how to do this while on separate sheets.I saw multiple videos and i saw the tutorials and I saw the example but not sure how to do it right

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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    Could you please help me. I have read through tutorials and videos and feeling more confused. I feel the best method for my case is Index and match but data validation doesn't work.
    I used the one below. I have attached the new file that I am working on.I really appreciate help on this.

    =INDEX(Tasks!$A$2:$F$25,MATCH(Demo!A2,Products!$A$1:$F$1,0)
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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    In this case I would suggest that you add a suffix to the name (i.e. VENDOR1_Major and VENDOR1_Task)
    The data validation list of vendors comes from Products!G1:G6
    To quickly make named ranges of the majors and tasks take a look at the linked video from Highline college beginning at about the 13:25 mark which employs the Ctrl + Shift + F3 shortcut.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws63XhhQi1o
    Once the ranges are named the data validation source for majors is: =INDIRECT(A2&"_Major")
    and for task is: =INDIRECT(A2&"_Task")
    Let us know if you have any questions.
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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    Thank you for this. It is very helpful, but I am still facing trouble with it. For some reason, 2 of my vendors work when selecting major and task but does not for the others though the validation and naming convention is similar. Could you take a look at it for me as I intend to load a big list of vendors.
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    Re: Dependant Drop Down Lists Help

    Can't have spaces in the names of the named ranges your using for dependent drop downs. One option is to replace spaces with underscores as modeled in attached copy of file. Will also necessitate using the same procedure for column H of the 'Products' sheet.
    Let us know if you have any questions.
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