The EASIEST Excel multiple row dependent drop down list you've ever seen!

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A newer more robust solution here Updated Easiest Multi Level Excel Drop Down List (now more robust)
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One-Off dependent drop down lists in data validation are relatively straightforward: here's a technique using XLOOKUP.    • XLOOKUP and easier Dependent Drop Dow...  
!!BUT!! if you want row after row of dependent lists it needs a different approach.

I've seen a lot of solutions out there that attempt to solve this, I've even done a crazy one a few months back, but this is by far the easiest technique I've come across.

⚠️ To prevent any value being typed in the dependent validation boxes you MUST UNTICK "Ignore Blanks". This in my view is a bug and will hopefully be fixed one day.

00:00 Intro
01:06 The Setup
01:50 Formula 1
=UNIQUE(tblOptions[List1])

02:53 Formula 2
=TOROW(
UNIQUE(
FILTER( tblOptions[List2], tblOptions[List1]=G6, "Empty List")))

04:50 Formula 3
=XLOOKUP(AB5, Level1Choice, Level2Result )#excel

06:14 Apply formulas to Data Validation
08:04 The Second Level List
10:36 Conditional Formatting
=COUNTIFS( XLOOKUP( I7, Level2Choice, Level3Result )#, J7)=0


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Thanks to Celia Alves for the inspiration. Check out Celia's video here:
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Thanks to Erik Oehm for trying to inspire me with Lambdas ( I'll get there one day! 😁 )
Here's Erik's elegant Lambda based solution (m

https://aasolutions.sharepoint.com/:f...


Check out his new YouTube channel    / @excelrobot  

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