Comments on: Data Validation – Dependent Lists

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:12:28 +0000

I’ve been working on a worksheet with data validation lists but I’ve run into a problem. What if you have 2 cells dependent on 1? Say, for example both B3 and D3 depend on the value of A3.

By: akbarry

akbarry — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:10:48 +0000

Love the tutorial – wondering how I can add one more dependency: What if you wanted a store, in a city, in a state. The city is dependent on the state, and the store is dependent on the city. Using the knowledge from this tutorial, I’ve experimented around, and can’t figure it out. Can it be done?

By: Safiya

Safiya — Fri, 13 May 2011 06:32:37 +0000

I tried this tutorial and it works only when i download the excel sheet from the site. Why is it when i do it on my own it does not seem to work? Can you please help me out on this

By: May

May — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:21:24 +0000

Hi Bryan,
Many thanks to your great tutorial!
But what if the dependent list is on another workbook. Can we do it as well?

May

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:17:05 +0000

This tutorial did the trick.

For future reference, 20% of the states have 2 words in their names:

New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
West Virginia

By: Zaigham

Zaigham — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:22:13 +0000

Hi Casey

Column B will not be changed automatically with reference to change in column A. You must have to click column B and select required item.
If I understand correctly, after clicking column A and selecting “Trains”, have you clicked column B to select from the drop down list “Steam”.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:54:47 +0000

Got it. Have to click “Apply these cvhanges to all other cells with the same settings”

How do I get it to reset that second column. In other words, Column A is Cars, Boats, Trains. Column B has derivatives of column A (mustang, corvette, etc for cars, submarine, carrier, etc. for boats, and Electric, deisel, steam, etc for trains.)

When I selected Column A – Cars, Column B Mustang I later realized I wanted Column A to be Trains, Colun B to be Steam. Unfortunately, it’s possible to change column A (cars), but Column B doesn’t change (leaving it Mustang).

Help would be appreciated.

By: Excelbud

Excelbud — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:33:33 +0000

Thank you Zaigham for explaining how to define names in Excel 2007.

Excelbud.

By: Zaigham

Zaigham — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:04:55 +0000

Hi,
In Excel 2007 you can define names more easily. Select whole table showing the name of states and cities of the state as shown in your example and click “Formulas Toolbar” and click create from selection, check “Top Row” and hit “Ok”. All the name ranges will be defined automatically.

Regards,
Zaigham

By: Excelbud

Excelbud — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:14:19 +0000

I’m not exactly sure. I’ll have to look into it. I’m not familiar creating names dynamically. I tend to stick with entering names one by one when using dependent lists.