I am trying to create a "searchable dropdown list" in Excel
Essentially, instead of the user choosing from one of 100 items in a dropdown list, I want them to be able to type in a few letters, and only the results matching that will show up in the dropdown.
I've come across two solutions:
the FILTER function, which is only coming available to my version of Excel in July
Pivot tables, which are quite clunky (changes colors, column sizes, etc. when I touch it)
Are you aware of any other options for a searchable dropdown list?
Thank you
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I have been doing a Canvas App where I puta a Dropdown associated to SharePoint List (1), that contains all the items that I would like to choose in one row each, this is intended to choose the right column for another SharePoint List (2). For this I want to put a value in a Text Input and Patch the SharePoint List (2), by using SharePoint List (1) as my Column and Text Input as my Value.
As long as the names in the drop downs match your datasource names correctly you shouldn't have an issue achieving this.
Assuming below dropdown 2 is your sharepoint lists (2), Dropdown 1 is your column to patch (1) and TextInput1 is your value you wish to patch
Patch(Dropdown2.SelectedText.Value,Defaults(Dropdown2.SelectedText.Value),{Dropdown1.SelectedText.Value:TextInput1.Text})
There are two ways to make drop down list in Excel:
Data validation list
Combobox form control
Now in my project I have Data validation dropdown lists wich can be too long and I want to add search functionality for it. I've find some solutions but only for combobox control, which not applicable for my Excel document, because theese dropdown lists should be repeated in each row:
Is there any possible solution to add search functionality to datavalidation dropdown list?
When viewing a PowerPivot workbook natively all is well. However when I save it to Sharepoint and view it via a browser, I find that the option to filter data by typing in a value is no longer present. (All there is is an extremely LONG list of values which must be scrolled through and checked.) Being able to type in a value to search on is rather crucial feature when one wants to filter on a row where there may be thousands (or more) distinct values. Using a slicer or the standard filter drop-down in this case is pretty unworkable! Is there no way around this?
Finally found a co-worker who could answer this question -- it was "hidden in plain sight". Instead of selecting 'Filter...' from a column header drop-down, select 'Label Filters' (used for text values) and then 'Begins with' from the secondary pop-up menu, and then you can type in the beginning of the string you are searching for. Silly me I thought 'Label Filters' had something to do with Labels, not text values.
I have a cell with a dropdown menu of 20 items in a list. Upon clicking one of these 20 items, I want the next cell to produce another drop down with a list of options. The list in this dropdown will differ depending on what choice is taken from the first drop down. Following this, I want the chosen option in the second dropdown to output a number in another cell. Thanks.
You'll have to start by creating Named Lists of dependent list, and use INDIRECT function in Data Validataion -> List to achieve dependent drop down list or cascading drop down list.
Its explained in detail with screen shots here!
Refer this link if you are using older Excel version.
I have a standard list in SharePoint, one column of which is of type Person or Group.
When I'm viewing the list from a standard view, the dropdown filter for that column lists, as expected, only those people who are already listed as a value for at least one row.
However, when I view the list from a datasheet view, the dropdown filter lists all of the groups and users on the entire site instead of just those users who are values on the list.
Does anyone know why this is happening and how to configure the datasheet-view dropdown list to only show those users that are listed in a field?