Data Validation using dependency logic

I would like to be able to limit the available options in a drop down list
dependant on the selection made in the previous column.

Specifically I have 4 columns - Person/phone/email/role
By selecting the person in column A, i want to either:
(1) automatically popluate the remaining columns with the correct
phone/email/role
or if that is not possible then
(2) limit the drop down options based on the selection made in column A
(name).

Does excel data validation or some other function support this type of
dependency logic?

thanks

To autofill, check out the VLOOKUP function for pulling in data based on a
key identifer.

To limit choices, check out Debra's article on dynamic validation:
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html

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"maitri" wrote:

I would like to be able to limit the available options in a drop down list
dependant on the selection made in the previous column.

Specifically I have 4 columns - Person/phone/email/role
By selecting the person in column A, i want to either:
(1) automatically popluate the remaining columns with the correct
phone/email/role
or if that is not possible then
(2) limit the drop down options based on the selection made in column A
(name).

Does excel data validation or some other function support this type of
dependency logic?

thanks