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    Scheduling participants

    I have seen a couple ways to remove a participant from one list when using it in a single column (table)

    But what I really need to do is compare my list of available participants to an entire range of sites. Example below.
    So the dropdown under each of the sites should reflect who is still in UNASSIGNED, which is HIDDEN_REFERENCE_LIST minus anyone already assigned to a site (or ABSENT, basically another site)
    I'm going to have to do this, ultimately, for at least AM and PM shifts, and probably down the road, per activity hour per site, but I think knowing how to compare UNASSIGNED to multiple columns' data
    and remove the used items will get me there.


    For instance,
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    Re: Scheduling participants

    I think that you can use the concept in the attached spreadsheet for a seating plan to achieve your expected results.
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    Re: Scheduling participants

    Added 2 helper-columns with array-formulas.
    The validation drop down lists show only unassigned names.
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    Re: Scheduling participants

    Thank you both, these have both shown me some things to implement. I'll make an attempt at the actual structure I need with these approaches and might be back to get a clarification.
    thanks again

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    Re: Scheduling participants

    I have gotten one copy of the list working on my schedule, but the PM list (on this file, the PM assignments, using the PM list on the right, in the FRI tab, isn't behaving correctly, it's missing a couple of the first entries from the list and when selected the names don't disappear of the list correctly.

    I've also been trying to through the reference lists onto a separate tab, here in the MON AM-PM tab, and at first AM seemed to work. I figured I could use one list of the participants (on the REF tab) and replicate the number columns from the participant list (I've only tried changing the Tuesday columns so far, the rest are just copies right now)

    What am I missing when I reference the participant list while it is over on the REF tab?
    Why isn't the dynamic list working correctly when I duplicate it and change the references to columns accordingly?
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    Re: Scheduling participants

    Okay... I've got more of a handle on this, and I have both the morning and afternoon assignments for Monday pulling people from the 'Unassigned' list...

    But I've noticed a couple snags while showing this to the end users for usability discussions:

    1) I anticipated filling the assignments initially with cut and past operations. They are still removed from the assignments, no problem, but CAN be pasted in there more than once. Is there anyway to prevent that? At worst, I imagine I can color-code duplicates for manual removal. Actually, maybe that's the only way to solve this.

    2) I'd love to alphabetize the various assignment lists. Can one column be shuffled around dynamically like that without affecting the ones around it (though, actually, they ALL should be, so that's not a concern)

    3) I'd like assignment lists to collapse to fill gaps when someone is removed. Is that possible?

    4) In the data validation drop down for each assignment list space, could I put a -remove- option to delete the current person, without putting 'remove' into the assignment list? I imagine it would be another function somewhere looking over the pages for 'remove', deleting it, and then collapsing the list as mentioned above.

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    Re: Scheduling participants

    Fixed MON AM & PM
    You can finish the other week days, I asume
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    Re: Scheduling participants

    It took me a minute to find what you did... I had forgotten the Week tab was still in there. I've hidden it for now, though, thanks! Yes, I can replicate that for the other days.
    I was focusing on getting Monday working before I worried about echoing the entries on the Weekly schedule... but this is great, I can get them set up. I appreciate that.

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