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    Select different lists

    Hi,

    is there a way to instruct Excel to choose between two different lists of items, that I would create (I assume) on a separate sheet?
    Essentially I have two different lists of tasks relevant to two scenarios. So first of all, I guess I would need to create a button or drop-down cell which allowed me to select between the two options (I know how to create the drop-down lists & I'm sure I could find an easy tutorial to help me create the buttons if needs be).
    The bit I'm stuck on is... so let's say I select "option A" using the the drop-down list/ buttons; I want it to then populate the cells below with the relevant set of tasks that I have created. And the other set of tasks if I select "option B".

    Is this possible?

    Thanks for any help that you can offer,
    Jonathan

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    Re: Select different lists

    Sheet2 Column A has your "Option A" list starting in A1 on down
    Sheet2 Column B has your "Option B" list starting in B1 on down

    On the destination sheet, Cell A1 has the dropdown list with two options; Option A, Option B (case sensitive)
    When you select from the dropdown list, the code will automatically copy the selected list to cell B1 on down.

    To install the code:
    • Right-click on the sheet tab that has the dropdown list
    • Select View Code from the pop-up context menu.
    • Paste the code from below in the worksheet's code module.

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    Re: Select different lists

    Or you can try it like this...
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    Re: Select different lists

    Thank you for this very descriptive & helpful replies. I will give these a try & comment back.

    Thanks,
    Jonathan

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    Re: Select different lists

    INDEX() has a little-know, and seldom-used 4th argument that will let you choose from different lists. This is basically what you can do - tweak it as needed...
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F
    97
    Range1 Range2 Range3
    98
    index from 3 different ranges aa
    123
    123
    567
    99
    bb
    234
    234
    2
    Range1
    100
    cc
    345
    345
    567
    Range2
    101
    dd
    123
    456
    range2 Range3
    102
    ee
    234
    567
    567
    103
    ff
    345
    678
    104
    gg
    123
    789
    105
    hh
    234
    890
    106
    ii
    345
    901
    107
    jj
    123
    999

    E98=INDEX((B98:D100,B101:D103,B104:D107),2,3,E99)
    E99=range selection

    these are using named ranges...
    E100
    =INDEX((range1,range2,range3),2,3,E99)
    E101=range selection

    Finally an option to select the range name...
    =INDEX((range1,range2,range3),2,3,MATCH(E101,F99:F101,0))
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