Excel Creating a dropdown using a list in another sheet

Question

Let s say in Sheet1 I have a list of codes   AA    QF   etc    In Sheet2  I want a particular column to have cells that  when you  click them  have a dropdown that consists of values from the code-list on Sheet1   so you could fill the value of the cell with AA  QF  etc    Is this doable

User · Answer

Excel has a very powerful feature providing for a dropdown select list in a cell, reflecting data from a named region. It'a a very easy configuration, once you have done it before. Two steps are to follow:

Create a named region,
Setup the dropdown in a cell.

There is a detailed explanation of the process HERE.

User · Answer

As cardern has said list will do the job   Here is how you can use a named range   Select your range and enter a new name     Select your cell that you want a drop down to be in and goto data tab -  data validation   Select  List  from the  Allow  Drop down menu   Enter your named range like this     Now you have a drop down linked to your range   If you insert new rows in your range everything will update automatically

User · Answer

That cannot be done in excel 2007  The list must be in the same sheet as your data  It might work in later versions though

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I was able to make this work by creating a named range in the current sheet that referred to the table I wanted to reference in the other sheet

User · Answer

Yes it is  Use Data Validation from the Data panel  Select Allow  List and pick those cells on the other sheet as your source

[excel] Excel: Creating a dropdown using a list in another sheet?

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