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Generate values in a table based on dropdown selection (raw materials in cable production)

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    Generate values in a table based on dropdown selection (raw materials in cable production)

    In the attached workbook you can see I have 6 types of AC6 cable and a list of raw materials. The different cable types use different quantities of each raw material and some don't use certain raw materials at all. I want to be able to let the user choose the cable type from a drop down list and it automatically generates the blank final column based on their selection. I tried data validation and combobox (form control) but neither one seems cable of doing it. Also I need the blank column to ideally be on a front page by itself as the main user interaction page and the values for each cable type on a different worksheet in the background. How can I go about this?
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    Re: Generate values in a table based on dropdown selection (raw materials in cable product

    Im not sure I understand what you're after.....


    Are you saying that if the user picks "AC6S-FTP" then column H will be populated with the relevant items in column E?
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    Re: Generate values in a table based on dropdown selection (raw materials in cable product

    Yes, that's correct. And I need H1 to match the cable name that they've chosen from the dropdown.
    Last edited by iggleton; 12-18-2014 at 07:15 AM.

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    Re: Generate values in a table based on dropdown selection (raw materials in cable product

    Try this, its using Data Validation to create a drop down at top of column H and then HLOOKUP to pull the values.
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