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PhoebeRow
Feb 17, 2019Copper Contributor
Data validation lists - flow chart?
Hello, I'm a school leader and I'm trying to create an Excel spreadsheet to track Teaching & Learning action steps that I give to teachers. I understand how to create a drop down list but what I'...
- Feb 18, 2019
Hello Phoebe,
What you need is a dynamic dependent drop-down list. In the attached file, I inserted Lists sheet. You can add (or delete) categories of Dimensions of Depth and Dimension Focus. There is no more need to define additional named ranges.
PeterBartholomew1
May 03, 2019Silver Contributor
Though I had seen this problem before! Now I can see whether I use the same methods from time to time; the answer being I do not.
Last time I used CHOOSE, this time a function I use only rarely, namely INDIRECT. I notice that I also consolidated the Action lists into tables. In the unlikely event of there being any calculation to aggregate the results this will provide a meaningful way of referencing statements.
Maybe @Twifoo is more consistent. I will take a look.
- TwifooMay 03, 2019Silver ContributorWe’ve been through this before. Perhaps, your second look, just like anything else, will be better than the first one. So do I.