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    Options that can overwrite rule for every row in Spreadsheet

    Hi All

    I am comfortable in Excel but not an advanced user so what I want to do is exceeding my knowledge base:

    I am working on a spreadsheet - 200 rows
    Each row = 1 product
    Each product has local and overseas manufacturers with the local manufacturers not being a problem. The spreadsheet already has some formulas.

    The overseas manufacturers (4):
    For each manufacturer is a base price which is determined by a tick box (calculated on a different spreadsheet)
    price calculation for the product is generally based on the minimum price but at times it might have to be overwritten to select a certain manufacturer
    The rule is: minimum price which results in the manufacturer and the price to be copied in the relevant columns going forward.
    Exception: User selects manufacturer over price.

    I thought about using option buttons. 1 button for each row as default = minimum and one for each manufacturer as selector. Which meant 1,000 option buttons with 5 in each group. Having played around with it a bit I quickly realised that this is a ludicrous undertaking and am hoping someone has a better solution to this. I have no knowledge of VBA but am great at cutting & pasting code and stitching it together.

    I have a sample file attached and hope it makes sense.

    Hope even more that one of you smart people can help. Thank you in advance
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    Re: Options that can overwrite rule for every row in Spreadsheet

    May be you do not need VBA if I understood your problem

    At the moment your Manufacturer is selected on the lowest price via a formula.

    Proposal:
    Instead of this formula replace the Manufacturer by the value. Via conditional formatting you can highlight the manufacturer if it is not the cheapest one (see attached file).
    in column S (Imp Cos USD) you exchange formula =MIN(N5:Q5) with =INDEX($N4:$Q4;;MATCH($R4;$N$3:$Q$3;0)) to get the corresponding price
    I also added a dropdown box to select your manufacturers

    cheers
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    Re: Options that can overwrite rule for every row in Spreadsheet

    Hi Gue2013

    thank you for the fast reply.

    One question though: do I now have to select the manufacturer for every product rather than pre-selecting the MIN and having the option of changing? I have the feeling I am missing something here. (the selection of MIN price is the rule, the change of manufacturer the exception)

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    Hi All

    thank you for looking into this. And thank you again to Gue2012 for a solution. It didn't quite work the way I intended.

    I have now decided on a roundabout solution which is not as elegant or clean but it works.

    I have my solution attached as a sample file in case someone else is looking for it.

    Cheers

    Kat
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