Request Form help

Originally Posted by Goldie1978

Not sure if that makes any sense.

Nope. Not much!!



Will you please attach a SMALL sample Excel workbook (10-20 rows of data is usually enough)? Please don't attach a picture of one (no-one will want to re-type all your stuff before starting).

1. Make sure that your sample data are truly REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

2. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

3. Make sure that all confidential information is removed first!!

4. Try to avoid using merged cells. They cause lots of problems!

Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment. So, to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: Just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

1. create a unique list of assets (Sheet Cat A, K2), using this array formula:
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$9,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($B$2:$B$9,"<"&$B$2:$B$9)-SUM(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$9,"="&K$1:K1)),0)),"")

2. set up a Named range (CTRL-F3 - called assets) to adjust the data validation automatically using an ordinary formula
=OFFSET('Cat A'!$K$2,,,SUMPRODUCT(--(LEN('Cat A'!$K$2:$K$100)>0)))

3. use "Assets" as data validation in Draft 1 B4.

4. use variants of this array formula, to pull over the required information:

=IFERROR(INDEX('Cat A'!A:A,SMALL(IF('Cat A'!$B$2:$B$9='Draft 1'!$B$4,ROW('Cat A'!$B$2:$B$9)),ROWS(D$5:D5))),"")



Array Formulae are a little different from ordinary formulae in that they MUST be confirmed in the FIRST CELL ONLY by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. After that, the array can be dragged down as normal, to cover the desired range.

You will know the array is active when you see curly brackets { } - or "curly braces" for those of you in the USA, or "flower brackets" for those of you in India - appear around the outside of your formula. If you do not use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will (almost always) get an error message or an incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.

Don't type the curly brackets yourself - it won't work...

I have absolutely no idea what you mean by "The Amount cell using a drop down of numbers will also appear in the Amount cell in the Selected Items section."

is this going in the correct direction??

Ah no. For that sort of thing, you will need to explain much more clearly up-front. It will also almost certainly require VBA.

Originally Posted by mstwntd

I'm assuming the OP wants to have a dropdown pull the asset and the ability to add a value then post/save those results and continue the process for multiple lines. This would need VBA but isn't too hard. You would just need a copy/paste values macro that finds the bottom of a data set. The only issue is the Asset type (Andersen Cascade Impactor). There are multiple ones with only the serial and asset ID being different. That would need a dynamic dropdown listing fed from the first selection before the results are delivered. If this is correct and validated by the OP, I'll work on it.

Hi,

That's correct, someone could request the use of 2 or 3 of the same item, and they would have different serial numbers etc but thinking about it, the serial number and asset number doesn't have to be included as I can manually put that in on another form. The 'Amount' cell will indicate how many items they take and can be either manually input in the Amount column or using a drop down, which then transfers to over to that column.

Maybe excel is not the best way forward for this, so please don't waste any time if its not.

Thanks for your help...

James