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    Select Range Relative to SINGLE Cell Reference

    Hello there!
    I've been scratching my head over this one for a while, and countless searches have left me more confused than when I started - so I'm hoping someone on here can lend a hand!

    I have a spreadsheet that has two graphs in one tab that look to another tab for their data. The data displayed on the graphs differs based on a pulldown selection.

    The pulldown selection corresponds to the title of each of a number of different sets of data on the tab the graphs look to for their data.

    What I'd like to do is this:
    -when a pulldown selection is selected, the graphs should then look (probably via formulas in a named range) to the data set that matches that pulldown....
    -this means that any reference to the range that the data is in will have to be relative to the title of that range of data - this is important so that more data sets can be added in the future without adding more named ranges

    Any ideas?

    Attached is a pic of the data sets - how do I reference relative to the title cell??
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    Re: Select Range Relative to SINGLE Cell Reference

    Post a sample of the file rather than a screenshot ... it's impossible to know from the screenshot how your named ranges are defined etc or even the ranges in play ...

    However, I would point out you could create a range based on a value in A ... let's assume the criteria values (eg C172N) is in cell A1:

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    Or if you have named the range B11:H16 as say _C172N you could just INDIRECT...

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    (note the use of underscore in the named range... given the nature of your references this is not a bad approach to naming your ranges)

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