Drop Down Lists in Excel - Masterclass (incl. Dynamic, Dependent & Searchable Drop Down Lists)

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  • @theofficelab
    @theofficelab  4 роки тому +17

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    • @cesaramir
      @cesaramir 3 роки тому +3

      Hi. . . I was doing the Gantt Chart video tutorial but I notice the video is down . . . can you upload it again???

  • @ajunquerah
    @ajunquerah 26 днів тому

    Super compressive while concise and clearly exposed. An absolute pleasure!!!

  • @EduardoBicelisGarcia
    @EduardoBicelisGarcia 4 роки тому +65

    Min 29:37 vlookup(); min 33:13 vlookup() advanced; min 39:56 MultilevelDependant; min 45:05 searchable;

  • @Pontiki1977
    @Pontiki1977 3 роки тому +10

    Excellent tutorial. 17 minutes in and with that Offset and Counta formula I was extremely confused for some reason, but I finally managed to recreate what you did.
    Thank you so much for this. Pure gold. People actually pay good cash to learn such stuff. Instant sub.

  • @stefan66
    @stefan66 2 роки тому

    Danke Marco für dieses unglaublich hilfreiche Tutorial. Das wird meine inzwischen sehr kompliziert gewordenen Excel-Setups erheblich vereinfachen. Vielen Dank!

  • @mehmetulvibayoglu2350
    @mehmetulvibayoglu2350 Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @matthewdunn7709
    @matthewdunn7709 Рік тому

    I have been trying to figure out searchable dropdown lists for a while.... this tutorial brought an end to that endeavor. Instant subscriber!

  • @markhuang368
    @markhuang368 2 роки тому +1

    I am really grateful for the introduction of dynamic dependant drop down list. I have been confused by the problem for more than two years and now I find the answer.

  • @narcisviviana4923
    @narcisviviana4923 4 роки тому +9

    I've been using Excel for alot of years now and, man, it feels so good to learn new stuff! Txs alot for your time and effort!

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      My pleasure 😊 Thanks for your positive feedback!

  • @AndreaUK1973
    @AndreaUK1973 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you!!! I was looking for Searchable Drop Down List and you gave me heaven!! You have no idea how much this is going to make my hard daily work much more enjoyable! I’ll never forget you and your skills shared!!!!!

  • @i3oomiizz
    @i3oomiizz 3 роки тому +1

    Your explanation is crystal clear! Not fast, Not slow, I loved it!

  • @erincampbell5831
    @erincampbell5831 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you! After watching so many different methods in other videos, this one finally worked for me!

  • @joelbravo2654
    @joelbravo2654 4 роки тому

    Hi,

    My name is Joel and I’ll start off by saying thank you for all of your help this far. I’ve watched your video tutorials, but I had questions and needed help. I hope this catches your interest and you can help me. I know that everyone is busy with their own stuff and if you can’t help me I understand.

    So I’ll start off by describing what I would like to do, much like what you did in some of your tutorials except I don’t know how to apply it to my workbook.
    I have a main page that needs to pull data from different sheets, 220 or so. The way it works is as follows; you select your SPEC from the data validation cell, after that the CATEGORY within that SPEC, then your CHOICES should show.
    I’ve gotten this to work up to the category part. I am stuck on making the “CHOICES Data Validation” part, how to make the choices show since they are in different sheets.

    That’s my most important part I need to figure out. I’ve only populated the first 46 sheets as I didn’t know if this format will even work.
    My second problem is that is that I have been extracting the data from other workbooks by creating a formula in each and every single one then copying and pasting it in their designated spec sheet. Which by the way takes for ever as I have only done 46 of 220 of them. There’s got to be an easier way to do this if not I’ll just keep copying and pasting. I am an excel beginner.

    I would greatly appreciate your help on this and again thanks for all of help this far your tutorials are amazing.

    Bravo
    joelbravo11@gmail.com

  • @querrythis
    @querrythis 2 роки тому

    Good tutorial. Easily understood. The searchable dropdown, a winner. Thanks for your help

  • @RichardTschumi-h4h
    @RichardTschumi-h4h Рік тому

    Excellent tutorial. An enhancment for users would be to add an entry in a dropdown which is actually not included in the data-tables. The system should ask whether to add the new entry or cancel.
    Would be hapy to get a feedback from anyone that has a solution for above issue.

  • @Chef-1707
    @Chef-1707 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic really helpful video......easy to follow and well presented....appreciate you taking the time to share

  • @AmitChandra_YouTube
    @AmitChandra_YouTube 3 роки тому

    Wonderful Trick the last one, the searchable drop down list, very much helpful for older excel like Office 2019. Thank you so much.

  • @davidnewton3064
    @davidnewton3064 4 місяці тому

    Excellent tutorial even 3 years later. The one addition I would have liked to see is error correction for the dependent drop down section. If Regions and Country are currently selected and the Region is changed, the Country remains the previous selection. This results in a selected Country not matching the Region. Needs to have something like an OnChange set to "" on that Countries cell.

  • @FresiaQueen
    @FresiaQueen 4 роки тому +6

    Could you please make an addition tutorial on how to achieve multiple searchable drop down in many rows without VBA? Currently our office still use Excel 2016...

    • @jeetu2812
      @jeetu2812 3 роки тому +1

      My query is same, kindly help.

    • @johnpatrick4185
      @johnpatrick4185 3 роки тому

      Yes... Thank you for your free tutorial but would have been good if you would have mentioned that Searchable Lookup can only be done on one row. (in other words lookup on 2nd row would require a whole new lookup construct)

    • @roxie3121
      @roxie3121 3 роки тому

      Same

  • @yogeshdewange
    @yogeshdewange 3 роки тому

    Sir this is the best video I have ever seen. Thanks

  • @wenjing712
    @wenjing712 3 роки тому +1

    How to add searchable drop down list for multiple row in excel 2010?

  • @dani28MSc
    @dani28MSc 4 роки тому +2

    How super useful is this video that you made. Thanks for posting things like this! My 5* to you!! Dan
    xx

  • @alakeshb6486
    @alakeshb6486 6 місяців тому

    Awesome class, i need more practice, thank you for your support

  • @wixex
    @wixex 2 роки тому +1

    dependent drop downs, worked for some of mine, and some it didn't. Can't really figure out why -.-

  • @menow1893
    @menow1893 2 роки тому +1

    A great lesson for me! Thank you so much.

  • @syairol
    @syairol 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for a very detail and concise explanation of dropdown in excel

  • @ellafrost2824
    @ellafrost2824 2 роки тому +1

    This tutorial is literally saving my life right now. I think I was on the verge of a panic attack trying to figure all this out.

  • @alaabdullah1254
    @alaabdullah1254 4 роки тому +1

    One of the best videos in this topic

  • @maximebloquert5661
    @maximebloquert5661 6 місяців тому

    This is a great tutorial!
    15'07: referring to Table name under quotation marks does not work for me...are there are specific parameters to set up in Excel for this to work? Using D365 Office.

  • @markmcpeake715
    @markmcpeake715 3 роки тому +2

    UNIQUE function first mentioned at 35:26 isn't available in 2019 or earlier, only Office 365. Maybe should have mentioned this at the beginning of video.

  • @Shoeb._.248G
    @Shoeb._.248G 2 роки тому +1

    Super expert level
    Saleem

  • @rayleesummers
    @rayleesummers Рік тому +1

  • @jsolivas1516
    @jsolivas1516 3 роки тому

    I was always Shit when it come to school and learning, I'm rather dumb and just cant be bothered with school again, but thanks to your videos I am able to still get good jobs for the skills i picked up from you, I really thank you a lot!!

  • @jhuanosu96
    @jhuanosu96 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful information, especially the searchable drop down list. What an eye opener!

  • @syedimran9406
    @syedimran9406 2 роки тому

    Great sir one more thing how can I apply same searchable list on other cell thanks

  • @msladytsunade777
    @msladytsunade777 4 роки тому +1

    I'm an Excel Addict! Love this course, using Office 365 and it's great!

  • @GeminisArising
    @GeminisArising 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the master class. Just kindly put time stamps for each skill covered. Thanx

  • @ronaldremollena4300
    @ronaldremollena4300 2 роки тому +1

    how can I replicate the searchable dropdown to other cell?

  • @KambizSayari
    @KambizSayari 3 роки тому +2

    God bless you for making this I sincerely appreciate you! Thank you!

  • @davidrigg3355
    @davidrigg3355 3 роки тому

    I typed in the exact same setup as you for the Searchable Drop Downs. At 55:00; when you have typed in the few letters in the searchable drop down and then clicked on the searchable down arrow, I get an error message saying, "This value doesn't match the data validation restrictions defined for this cell." I am not able to have the typed in letters and see the dropdown list at the same time. Do you have any ideas on how to get around this error?

  • @E-realmServices
    @E-realmServices Рік тому +1

    I have a range of cells which needed to be validated for Searchable Dropdown Lists instead of a single cell. Can you please share modified version of the formula. ?

    • @osoriomatucurane9511
      @osoriomatucurane9511 7 місяців тому

      I am also looking for a similar situation instead of one single cell. A typical and comun scenario of data entry with a lot of records.
      Please share the solution.
      Thank u

  • @yeraldo05
    @yeraldo05 4 роки тому +3

    43:42 You don't need to modify the Name Manager's names since Dinamic Tables will update the range everytime when you add new data.
    Other than that really great video on how to Master the Drop Down feature.
    Keep it going!

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Thank you for your feedback, Yeriel 😊

  • @asif3O
    @asif3O 4 роки тому +2

    Thats awesome!. Really appreciate the knowledge you shared. Keep going👍

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Thanks for positive feedback, Asif!

  • @luisrave4785
    @luisrave4785 3 роки тому +1

    Hi, there was a video of manager the task where you can put a start date and a end date and the conditions format show the line in color.
    Do you remove it, becouse I didn't find it!

  • @vikaasb2016
    @vikaasb2016 2 роки тому

    this is simply sublime

  • @andyanand9459
    @andyanand9459 3 роки тому +1

    Hi. I really love your work. Would you please put a class together on Dashboard design

  • @contextmatters8243
    @contextmatters8243 9 місяців тому

    Good Stuff! 🙂
    My only concern is that the coloring using "Conditional Formatting" on by the "Team Members" list
    and the "Assigned To" list don't seem to be connected; therefore, they could be out of synch.
    I suppose you could use VBA to remedy this (maybe -- need to think about it), otherwise I don't see the usefulness of have the color coding in both places
    Although
    I do like it on the "Task Assignment" list...
    Thoughts?

  • @kolbemerfeld3253
    @kolbemerfeld3253 3 роки тому

    I keep getting a "#VALUE!" error for my dynamic lists using OFFSET and COUNTA (shown around 17:00) any input on why this is?

  • @akkintouch
    @akkintouch 3 роки тому +1

    Hi, thank you very much for this information, this is great
    Regarding Searchable Dropdown, it is only possible for a single cell?
    is it possible to add a dropdown to the number of cells in a column? hope you could help

  • @not1AM
    @not1AM 4 роки тому +1

    Maaan.. You really made a great video here.. The searchable list was an issue for me.. Big Thanks

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому +1

      My pleasure 😊 Glad it was helpful.

  • @spreadmanic
    @spreadmanic 3 роки тому

    Excellent tutorial, thanks

  • @asmitahankare5298
    @asmitahankare5298 3 роки тому +1

    I am using the same VLOOKUP fun in sheet1 by fixing one lookup dropdown value and accessing sheet2 table values =VLOOKUP($B$1,Table1[#All],8,FALSE) this is what I am using but giving #N/A error. I want to change the data by changing lookup value from dropdown list. please help with this as early as possible, is there any direct contact mail id where I can share my file and show you the problem??

  • @ryanpeterson7998
    @ryanpeterson7998 3 роки тому

    WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! is it possible to do everything in this video but tweak it???? I need it to only pick a name on the list, currently the user can type in any name in the cell and it will accept it. i am looking for a way to still sort (as seen in the video) but make it pick from the list with zero exceptions. tried turning on the data validation error back on but then the sort doesn't work. PLEASE HELP

  • @neerajswamy864
    @neerajswamy864 Рік тому

    How did you get such nice colors in Fill tab ? Can you tell me how to get those ?

  • @aritonbogdan5351
    @aritonbogdan5351 3 роки тому +3

    Boss, can u make that droplist expand without click it, just tiping in the cell?

  • @dema-3000
    @dema-3000 4 роки тому +1

    nice !!!, but how we can do dependent drop down if the data is on another workbook?

  • @robhaman4424
    @robhaman4424 4 роки тому +3

    It's also possible to make the Named Ranges dynamic with the =OFFSET(Sheet1!$F4,1,,COUNTA(Sheet1!F:F)-1), use this method for many years with succes.

  • @YTantirungrotechai
    @YTantirungrotechai 3 роки тому

    Your vdo really blows my mind. Wow, amazing how excel can do.

  • @abeerattia4523
    @abeerattia4523 Рік тому

    excellent video , learnt a lot

  • @FreeD00M
    @FreeD00M 3 роки тому

    Thank you very much. A quick feedback. Timestamps would be super helpful to jump to certain chapters.

  • @rarevidz100
    @rarevidz100 4 роки тому +2

    Another great video...

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Thank you, Kevin 😊

    • @rarevidz100
      @rarevidz100 4 роки тому

      @@theofficelab hope you could touch on power BI, I really cannot with that app.. But it looks great to work with

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Power BI is one of the topics at the top of my list! So stay tuned.

  • @allenschroeder3660
    @allenschroeder3660 3 роки тому

    Great tutorial

  • @excelmastervba
    @excelmastervba 3 роки тому

    Dropdowns are very important. Thank you! Very Good Video. 🙏🚀🚀

  • @priyeshrajyuvaraj1442
    @priyeshrajyuvaraj1442 3 роки тому

    Please can you tell me where the gantt chart tutorial is? I can't find it in youtube. Please I need it.

  • @Tuber-n7c
    @Tuber-n7c 8 місяців тому

    great tutorial BUT in office 365 i only have FILTERXML function no FILTER function - whats up with that can you advise please?

  • @aviyzhanouj6946
    @aviyzhanouj6946 Рік тому

    Awesome! Thnk u so much sir for this❤

  • @teoxengineer
    @teoxengineer 4 роки тому +7

    Also, we can generate dynamic drop down list with using name manager, which consists of table name because table name is not working in list section.

  • @juliayeo812
    @juliayeo812 3 роки тому

    hello! how do I get my 2nd level of drop-down list be automatically indicated when I choose the 1st level of drop-down list?
    Thank you so much for you advice!

  • @seiferflo24
    @seiferflo24 3 роки тому +2

    First time I follow such a well explained tutorial on Excel. I appreciate the fact you're showing different ways of doing the same thing and that you keep adding to it, really understanding each feature.
    However, I have an issue with the dynamic dropdown list (using offset or not). You're saying at 5:30 that if you rename an item in the "list" it gets updated on the first "sheet". This is only half-true because if you've already selected an item for your sheet, ket's say in your example projet A has "Purchasing" selected, and you modify the name in the list to "Purchase", then your sheet won't show the update... It will get stuck to Purchasing on projet A because it was already selected.
    In my case, this is what's happening, so it's pretty annoying as there is only a link to the cell but not it's content, so I have to make sure my list never changes in terms of terminology. Any idea please? Thx for your help

  • @singhalmonica
    @singhalmonica 3 роки тому +1

    Sir, if we delete some task from list(Column B), than drop down will remain in the cells(Column C). Is this possible to remove drop down settings also for Column C

  • @ketanb7994
    @ketanb7994 Рік тому

    Hi Kevin, what if someone will not select from drop down option and mention incorrect name, meaning instead of selecting from drop down option for Oat, person mention Ota text and save the file. How we can restrict a person to select the name from the list or incorrect name is not allowed?

  • @GM-js6jn
    @GM-js6jn 2 роки тому

    Thank you. Is it possible to have multiple selections in the drop down list, and the dependant list provides appropriate options?
    E.g. in your example if I want to select both Asia and Europe, and subsequently China, Japan, Germany, UK? I've been stuck on this for a while now.

  • @bt8633
    @bt8633 4 роки тому +3

    33:04 great thx

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      My pleasure 😊 glad you found it useful

  • @ubaidillahmuhammad20
    @ubaidillahmuhammad20 4 роки тому +2

    Nice job. Put iits excel Files in the description....

  • @redhaakhund1271
    @redhaakhund1271 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the video, may I have a copy of this exercise please.

  • @IrateHarry
    @IrateHarry 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant - thanks!

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Thank you for your positive feedback 😊 Appreciate it.

  • @lisaklein4857
    @lisaklein4857 3 роки тому

    Love the tutorial

  • @NedumEze
    @NedumEze 4 роки тому +1

    How do you get to change or increase the font size of the drop down options text. They can be too small to read. The least is that they should share the default font size.

  • @catherinewang9017
    @catherinewang9017 2 роки тому

    This is life changing

  • @jamiljokhyo
    @jamiljokhyo 4 роки тому +1

    Marvellous, time saving formulas

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому

      Thanks for your positive feedback, Jamil!

  • @sunilaryan
    @sunilaryan 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks, love this stuff.

    • @theofficelab
      @theofficelab  4 роки тому +1

      My pleasure 😊 Glad you like it!

  • @singhalmonica
    @singhalmonica 3 роки тому

    Thanks sir for great lessons. Sir my task list keep changing, I want to show drop down only for show tasks...pls help me for this.

  • @SaraLaidlawASBINC
    @SaraLaidlawASBINC 2 роки тому

    Once we have it working, how do we share it with remote workers? I know I can send a link from OneDrive or elsewhere, but the issue is their version of Excel. Some are on Macs, some use 365 online, most have different versions of Excel on their machines. I need searchable drop downs to create a form that they print to a pdf.

  • @Piola91
    @Piola91 3 роки тому +3

    Hey, what happened to the "ultimate Gantt chart for project management" video?? please, I beg you to upload the video again!! pleaseeeeeee

    • @Noveed
      @Noveed 3 роки тому

      I 2nd this too. I had it saved to pick up and watch at a later date however now it has disappeared :(

  • @AlbertDLinis
    @AlbertDLinis 3 роки тому

    What if you delete the data in the middle of the list? How will it remove the blank space?
    Thanks!

  • @benabdullahzouhaier1035
    @benabdullahzouhaier1035 4 роки тому +1

    Can we apply this Combine Drop list with number or timing , for calculation of the next appointment example ?
    I tried many time for fix timing (15 min, 30 min and 1 Hr) to calculate the next schedule but i didn’t succeed......

  • @roldangeduquiojr.162
    @roldangeduquiojr.162 3 роки тому

    This has helped my job a lot thank you

  • @mojtabafazeli2140
    @mojtabafazeli2140 4 роки тому

    Hello, thank you for your very beautiful tutorials .. Is it possible to put a tutorial of a login page in PowerPoint? ... Thank you.

  • @caroleroyer5347
    @caroleroyer5347 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much, you’re video was very helpful!

  • @sujamahesh2494
    @sujamahesh2494 3 роки тому

    Can you show me how to calculate average waiting times with 2 different ranges of dates by week

  • @mohamedadjal8502
    @mohamedadjal8502 3 роки тому

    thank you for this video

  • @husseinbdeir9214
    @husseinbdeir9214 3 роки тому

    Amazing!!

  • @fragilelove
    @fragilelove 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this informative video on the Filter Function but I've been struggling for weeks trying to implement it in my example. I have multiple dependent drop down lists and the list data is in a separate sheet, how to I then reference the second dependent drop down if the drop down is in another sheet and multiple rows? Do I reference it when I create a unique list in the filter function or do I do it in the validation? Any help would be much appreciated folks as it has been driving me crazy for weeks now hehehe

  • @AngelRivera-sg5ue
    @AngelRivera-sg5ue 2 роки тому

    Hi,
    why only one name shows after enter on cell E5 afeter i put formula

  • @TheKennethNielsen
    @TheKennethNielsen 3 роки тому

    Can you and add a searchable drop down and a calculation to a dashboard ?
    For example, I want to look up an item number, type in the quantity and see the cost of multiple things.

  • @MF2012Films
    @MF2012Films 3 роки тому

    What number of execl can it work 2016 or hier?

  • @randomlyglendz
    @randomlyglendz 3 роки тому

    I learned a lot in here.. But I need another set regarding on dependent dropdown list. I need a drop down list when 2 drop down selection was selected... So it is a total of 3 dropdown list. Please help me
    Thanks

  • @nikhilgorivle1152
    @nikhilgorivle1152 3 роки тому

    In 1 cell 2 drop-down list how do this create

  • @skenming
    @skenming Рік тому

    48:15 dynamic searchable dropdown list

  • @AshokKumar-fu5ze
    @AshokKumar-fu5ze 3 роки тому +1

    Great video 👍. Have a doubt.. what if we have to use the searchable drop down list in every row as a part of a table ? Do we need to put a helper column to filter the search?

    • @roxie3121
      @roxie3121 3 роки тому

      This is my exact problem, now. (I followed the instruction and everything worked out great up to that point/ that need.)