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    Text in one cell, populates another (referencing data)

    Hey all,

    Hoping someone could help me with the following

    I will try explain this as best I can, keeping it short and clear.

    I have a table, the first column will be project titles. This column of cells each have a dropdown list of all the projects referenced from a second sheet.
    What I want to do is when I select a project title from the list, a second column of information to populate automatically, (such as client name).

    I hope this is clear enough and can be achieved. Please let me know if you need me to explain any further.

    Thanks for any help in advance. I really appreciate it

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    Re: Text in one cell, populates another (referencing data)

    Welcome to the forum.

    This will be a simple VLOOKUP or INDEX MATCH:

    =VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$1:$B$500,2,0)

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    =INDEX(Sheet2!$B$1:$B$500,MATCH(A1,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$500,0))
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    Re: Text in one cell, populates another (referencing data)

    Hi Ali,

    Thank you for your response.

    When pasting the above formulas into cell B2 onwards, excel opens up my documents folder. After closing this it leaves #N/A within the cell
    Is there something I need change within the formula?

    Sheet 1
    Attachment 635064

    Sheet2
    Attachment 635065

    Many thanks

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    Re: Text in one cell, populates another (referencing data)

    Attempting to open either of the attachments results in the message: "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator".
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    Can't help as the attachments are invalid. Please attach a workbook as suggested above.

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