Google Sheets Drop Down List Based On Another Cell
Here are the steps.
Google sheets drop down list based on another cell. Note that the name needs to be exactly the same as it s parent category. If you enter data in a cell that doesn t match an item on the list you ll see a warning. Go to data named ranges. Select the cells that have the fruits a2 a5.
Then click save button the first drop down list has been created. If you have a drop down list in one or more cells and you want to quickly copy the drop down you can do so by using this simple copy paste trick. Next we will go to the data tab click data validation and go to the settings tab. Select the cell cells in which you want to copy the drop down list.
In this case it would be fruits. In the named ranges pane enter the name for this named range. We will pick a location for our new drop down list by selecting an entire column or a range of cells. If you want people to only enter items from the list choose reject input next to on invalid data.
In the popped out data validation dialog box select list from a range from the drop down list beside the criteria section and then click button to select the cell values which you want to create the first drop down list based on see screenshot. Here are the steps to create a dependent drop down list in google sheets. Copy the cell which has the drop down list that you want to copy.