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Rachid Malagouen

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September 3, 2022 - 9:03 pm
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Is there a way to bypass Excel error by using 2 columns for a drop down list. The drop down list shoukd appear as below:

 

A123 Table 1
C452 Chair
Z458 Bed 1
Z666 Bed 2
A745 Table 2

So I can list the code and the description of the code, because listing only the code (on the 1st column) is meaningless.

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Riny van Eekelen
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Hi Rachid,

You can't use 2 columns to create a data validation (i.e. drop down) list. The way to achieve what you need is to use the code only and then a lookup function in the adjacent cell. That may be  VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH depending on your Excel version.

Riny

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