Pull Down Menus

**tagsale** · 07-04-2013, 02:12 AM

Is it possible to set up a pull down menu which changes multiple cells on a spreadsheet? I basically wanted to set up profiles for several products. I want to be able to choose between my products with a pull down menu, which would then change the profile on the page. For example, I have two products A and B. Each product has several categories (ie, Date of Purchase, Price, Manufacturer, etc.). I want these categories to change when I choose between products A and B from the pull down menu.

I hope that's clear. Thank you in advance.

**FDibbins** · 07-04-2013, 02:14 AM

Hi and welcome to the forum

You set up the drop-down using Data Validation. Once you have that set up, the other selections can be done using an if() statement.

Give it a try, and if you have a problem, give me a shout, and upload a sample file
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**tagsale** · 07-04-2013, 11:08 AM

Is there a better formula then "if" statement that I can use. It's going to be a long list of data points per category. For example, I'm going to want to switch between historical price points for product A and B over time. So when I want I use to the pull down menu to go to Product A, then I would want all of the data under different categories to switch over to product A's profile. I hope that's clear.

Thank you for responding so promptly. I very much appreciate it.

**FDibbins** · 07-04-2013, 01:45 PM

perhaps a vlookup would work for you then? But it's hard to make any realistic suggestions without seeing what you are working with?
I would suggest you upload a sample work book, (all sensitive data removed), showing what data you are working with, a few examples of what your expected outcome is, and how you arrived at that
To attach a file to your post,
click advanced (next to quick post),
scroll down until you see "manage file",
click that and select "add files" (top right corner).
click "select files" find your file, click "open" click "upload" click 'done" bottom right. click "submit reply"

Once the upload is completed the file name will appear below the input boxes in this window.
You can then close the window to return to the new post screen.

**tagsale** · 07-05-2013, 12:57 AM

I've attached a workbook example. It's just a simplified version of what I'm trying to achieve. Basically on worksheet "Output", I want to be able to have a pull down menu in cell B1. The pulldown menu would allow me to choose between worksheets "A", "B" and "C". When you select "A", "B" or "C", I want the output worksheet to pull the data from columns A:7-A:9 through D:7-D:9 from their respective worksheets. I hope that's more clear. Thank you again.