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How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

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    How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

    We have a resourcing spreadsheet to track utilization. For each month, I need to assign % FTE based on how long people work on an activity. To increase simplicity, I'd like to use a drop-down list of common times (e.g. 1/2 day, 1 day, 2 days, etc.) and based on the selection, that same cell is populated by the equivalent FTE (e.g. 0.02, 0.05, etc.)

    I've toyed with this, but keep getting a 'circular argument' warning. Even after the cell is populated with, say 0.02, I'd like the drop-down list to still exist and allow the user to make a different selection.

    I have created my drop-down list using the data validation within excel.

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    Re: How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

    Hi,

    Don't think you can do that. The idea of data validation is that you are restricting the values that are allowed to be put in the cell to what is in the validation list.

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    Re: How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

    bttt - anyone? If it is in fact impossible, I can investigate alternate approaches.

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    Re: How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

    Can you post a sample. I adhere to the Domski's opinion, but nevertheless would like to see sample data.
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    Re: How to populate cell based on drop-down list attached to the SAME cell?

    Quote Originally Posted by contaminated View Post
    Can you post a sample. I adhere to the Domski's opinion, but nevertheless would like to see sample data.
    cell H4 is an example of the drop-down list I'd like to use. Based on the selection, I'd then like to populate that same cell with the corresponding value (% FTE) between K44 - K52.
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