Excel 2007 : Multiple conditional formulas

[luigihikari]

Hello everyone,

I am creating a document at my work. It is a little complex and I'm having trouble finding a way through it.
I will try to explain what it is supposed to do:

Imagine a Shoe Store.
The Excel table would act as a way for customers to filter down to more specific products.

Cell A1 (dropdown list):
Men's Shoes
Women's Shoes

Cell A2 (dropdown list based on A1)
If Men's Shoes chosen on A1, shows:
-- Black
-- Brown

If Women's Shoes chosen on A1, shows:
-- Scarlet
-- Golden

Cell A3 (dropdown list based on A2)
If Men's Shoes, Black:
-- Shoe 1

If Men's Shoes, Brown:
-- Shoe 2

If Women's Shoes, Scarlet:
-- Shoe 3

If Women's Shoes, Golden:
-- Shoe 4

As each cell depends on the value of the previous, what formula could I use on this?
"IF" and "VLOOKUP"?

If anyone could point me in the right direction, like, which formula might be able to do that, I'd be very grateful.

Thank you very much.

[TMS]

You're talking about dependent drop down lists. See:

http://www.contextures.com/xldataval02.html


To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook. Don't upload a picture when you have a workbook question. None of us is inclined to recreate your data. Upload the workbook and manually add an 'after' situation so that we can see what you expect. In addition clearly explain how you get the results..
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[luigihikari]

Hello and thank you for your reply.

I followed the instructions but am having trouble with handling too many variables.

As per the last post, I have attached to this one a dummy workbook with the functionality required:
managing.xlsx

There are 4 worksheets:
Managing: Is the main sheet, the only one that will be visible to the client.
ManagingAFTER: A manually created worksheet exemplifying the functionality's desired outcome
logic: A set of values for data validation
sets: The main set of values

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.

[TMS]

One way:

Cell F3: =IFERROR(INDEX(sets!E$2:E$25,MATCH($B3&$C3&$D3&$E3,sets!$A$2:$A$25&sets!$B$2:$B$25&sets!$C$2:$C$25&sets!$D$2:$D$25,0)),"")

Committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter ... that is, Array Entered.

It will appear as: {=IFERROR(INDEX(sets!E$2:E$25,MATCH($B3&$C3&$D3&$E3,sets!$A$2:$A$25&sets!$B$2:$B$25&sets!$C$2:$C$25&sets!$D$2:$D$25,0)),"")}

Then copy across and down.


Regards, TMS

[luigihikari]

Hello TMShucks,

That worked wonderfully and it was quite ingenious, thank you very much!
I will continue development and, hopefully, I won't have to take your time anymore.

I already rep'd your first post so it won't let me rep the second.

Thank you very much for the help!

[TMS]

You're welcome. Thanks for the thought on the rep.

Glad it worked for you.