I'm working in an excel data sheet and I have a developer checkmark in one cell. My intention is have the checkmark, once clicked to either copy or vlookup information on the previous 8 cells of the same row and have it copy to another tab of the same formatting/spacing. This may seem like a very complicated way of avoiding copy and pasting, however excel skills for others in my group and warehouse a very minimal.
Main cells
I've tried with formulas to detected the checkmark and nothing works as either =If or =Iferror(vlookup... but these do not detect the check box and having it as true or false does not yield the results needed.
I have a large file with a Scenario Manager, where changing a single cell on the Summary worksheet changes the visible scenario throughout the rest of the workbook. Data Tables are working a treat providing the headline values for each option.
I'd like to have a drop down on each sheet that when changed will change the same single cell on the Summary worksheet, so I don't need to go back to the Summary sheet every time I want to switch visible scenarios.
This is a simple process if I'm using macros and would be the solution I'd normally jump straight to. But this needs to be done without macros and this is where I'm now struggling.
Does anyone know if this is possible (without macros) and point me in the right direction?
Josh
You can insert combo box (Developer Tab > Insert > Form Controls > Combo Box) on each sheet. Mention linked cell as a cell of the summary sheet (Absolute reference with sheet name). That cell will give you index of the item selected in the drop down list. Then you can insert index formula in the cell you want to change every time to get value of the drop down list. Once you insert it on one sheet you can copy it to other sheets. No macros required.
I distribute Excel spreadsheets as Balanced Scorecard tools to all my clients. I have just received once back where a sheet, one of many in the workbook, has been changed:
All hidden rows and columns have been unhidden
Sheet protected has been set to not protected
Most of the formatting has been lost
Functional images on row one have been removed
Set column widths have been reset to default
Grids are turned on
The following two images show what the sheet should look line and what has happened.
Before:
After:
The customer runs Office 2016 on a Windows 10 PC.
Has anyone seen this happen before?
Can anyone tell me what causes this to happen?
I admit to not being very technical and my limit up to now has been using paste links to connect data between sheets. I now have a requirement I cannot figure out.
I have 2 workbooks I wish to automate sharing data between.
Workbook 1 contains multiple rows of data manually entered.
I need a button against each row so when it is pressed data from certain cells on that row in Workbook 1 are transferred to cells within a worksheet in workbook 2
I would be very grateful for any guidance on how to achieve this.
Many thanks!
Though you can deploy VBA to achieve this, but the same is also possible with simple formula like.
=[1.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$1
Lets say you have two workbooks 1.xlsx and 2.xlsx and you want sheet1/column A1 value from 1.xlsx to be auto populated in sheet1/column A1 in 2.xlsx, you can simply link it with a formula like =[1.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$1 in second workbook 2.xlsx.
So as soon as some entry is done in first cell, second cell is auto populated
However if you are looking only for vba solution do write back
Alright I know this isn't 100% related to programming (the Excel book in question doesn't use VBA at all) but I'm hoping someone can help me out with this or point me in the right direction.
My boss got a spreadsheet from a vendor that has a combobox/dropdown list with various part numbers; when you select one it populates the rest of the form with a lookup containing additional items. I've been tasked with "cracking" this and finding the list that they're using to populate so we can make use of it.
The thing is... there's no VBA code, no macros, no data connections, and only one Worksheet displayed in Excel while the lookup code references a Sheet1. I've tried to display hidden worksheets and it says there are none... so where on earth could this list be kept? My boss is getting impatient and is asking me if I've broken it yet. It's not a big deal if it can't be done, I just have no clue where to continue looking for it and I don't know what to tell my boss when he asks me if I'm done.
Can anyone help?
It's possible to hide a worksheet using VBA so that it can't be unhidden from the UI.
Try the method for un-hiding all hidden workhseets outlined here:
http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/12/14/excel_vba_unhide_all_worksheets/
My guess is that it is a Data Validation list which references a constant list of values or a range on a "Very Hidden" sheet. In Excel 2007, select one of the cells with the drop-down, click on the "Data" tab in the Ribbon, click on "Data Validation" in the Ribbon and see what you have. In Excel 2003 it is the Data -> Validation... command.
Another possibility if you know the name of the worksheet is "Sheet1" is to add a new worksheet, enter "=Sheet1!A1" into cell A1 of the new worksheet, and copy this cell down and to the right for as large of an area as you need to see the data you are interested in.
If you can post a URL to download the workbook (assuming it is not a trade secret) you would be more likely to get an accurate answer.
Could it be some data stored on the same sheet.
Possibly in columns which are either hidden, or which are far off the actual page?
Isn't this just data from the worksheet only?
Column header dropdown lists acts as filters, they show distinct values of a column.
This is a feature of Excel.
The items could be cached from a currently unavailable resource. Try saving it out to xml and searching for a known string.
Click on the cell that display a drop down list when selected
From the menubar select data>validation
In the dialog box copy the content of the source text box
Now paste the content on any empty cell on your worksheet
Select a drag it down to see the values populating the list
Chris
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I am assuming that you have broken this by now, but just in case you havent. This is certainly a case of data validation using a named range which is house on another sheet that was designated "very Hidden" from the vba console. You will need to open up the VBA project of this worksheet and designated the "very Hidden" sheet to just Hidden and then you will be able to unhide it, or the other setting at which point it will be viewable.