Pulling information from 2 drop down lists on separate tabs

[pleasesmile]

Good morning,

If I choose from a dropdown list in c 3 how can I then have the correct drop down list
then pull from another tab based on what I chose from the first dropdown list then appear in c 7?

Please see the attached

Thank you,
Julie

[daffodil11]

There's a few ways you could do this; I prefer using tables as the ranges automatically update themselves.

Convert each range with text in it to a table and then name the range.


The 2nd dropdown then uses this formula in the Data Validation menu:

=INDIRECT(HLOOKUP(Customer,Styles!C3:W4,2,0))

hlookup dropdowns .xlsx


I did the first 4 tables for you.

For "e", highlight G4:G8 Insert->Table with 'My table has headers'

Name each range (exluding the header) after the header.
The data validation looks up the matching value in C3:W3, and outputs the matching value on D3:W3.
INDIRECT tells Excel to reevaluate the returned value as a reference, which then pulls just the named range's cells.

If you add a value at the bottom of a table, the table updates to include that cell so the ranges update automatically. (For example, type something into B5.)

[pleasesmile]

Thank you so much!

[daffodil11]

No problem, glad I could help.

[vlady]

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