Im a novice at Excel who is trying to modify a validation list function to return a value based on two defined values. My Form spreadsheet (sheet1) has an Item Type column (Col B) with a list of defined items to choose from. Column D is listed as Manufacturer with a defined list based on the value selected in Column B Item Type. Now I need the Item column C to list the corresponding items in the Non-Taxable Material spreadsheet (sheet3) based on the Item Type (Col B) and Manufacturer (Col D) values.
I was using this function in my validation list for the Taxable Material portion of my Form spreadsheet:
=OFFSET(Item,MATCH(B41,Ite
mCol,0)-1,
2,COUNTIF(
ItemCol,B4
1),1)
and it worked fine because each item had a unique list of manufacturers.
Now the same manufacturer under my Non-Taxable Material portion of my Form spreadsheet could have multiple item types. I created the following named ranges on the Non-Taxable Material spreadsheet&
Col A header = Item1
Col A = ItemCol1
Col I header = MFID
Col I = MFIDCol
But I cant figure out which functions to use to get it to validate correctly due to how the columns are sorted. Whether I sort column A or I, I get either the wrong material triggered by the item type or all the manufacturer material.
Thanks in advance!
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