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    Validation to return a data type instead of string

    Hi,

    I'm trying to do something but I'm not sure that it is possible. I have tasked myself with wanting to return a data type from validation that is not the same as inputted.

    I have a table which can be updated which I would like to use as a basis for validation. I also use this table as a data source in order to construct a Data Type using Power Query. This data type uses the name of the search as its own name.

    What I would like to do is have a search entry that when I start typing in the name of the lookup, it will return the new fancy data type. Although I'm not sure that this is an option.

    I have attached an excel example to this post which demonstrates what I want to achieve.

    I'm using Office 365 and am hoping to use Excel for Online to publish, so ideally avoiding VBA, although that is not a hard rule.

    Thank you
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