How to create 3 dependent List boxes for reporting?

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How to create 3 dependent List boxes for reporting?

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Hello team,

I need to create 3 dependent list boxes.
I wonder what approach to take: 1-List from Data Validation 2-Listbox 3-comboxes

First listbox has two hospitals.
Second listbox has carriers but each hospital has got its own carriers, each hospital has 7 or 8 carriers, when the end user selects either hospital, each hospital maps to its own carriers. In term of diagnosis codes: diagnosis codes are same for both hospitals and all carriers

What approach should I take?

Or
I can create two radio button for the first drop down that has two choice only and for the rest, two drop down can work.
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See the attached workbook.
You will have to modify it for your situation.
I have created four named ranges. You can see and change their definition in Formulas > Name Manager.
And the data validation for the Carrier column uses a formula that depends on the names of the hospitals.

dependent.xlsx
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Hello Hans,
I am so grateful for your response.
Hans/ team,

1-How do I capture the content of these 3 drop-downs and pull data from the table?
When the end user selects from the drop-downs, he/ she needs to see data for these headers:
diagocode num1 num2 num3.

2-We need to control NA, if a user selects values from drop-downs, the combination of the values should be available in the
table, so we can pull values for diagocode num1 num2 num3?
3-Is SumProduct a good idea?
4-My data/ table has many rows. Will the content of these columns: diagocode num1 num2 num3 be updated As the user selects from drop-downs?
5-Will formulas be updated automatically as we select different entries from drop-downs?



I appreciate your help on this!!!
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I'm afraid I don't understand any of your questions. Please explain in detail.
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Hello Hans,
Let me break it down and sorry for my language.
I want the end user selects from the 3 drop-downs and then the content for: diagocode, num1, num2, num3, are looked up and their content are displayed.
Please let me know if this doesn't make sense.
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Where are the dropdowns? In your sample workbook there are no dropdowns.
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Hello Hans,

The dropdowns are in Dashboard tab. I need to add it to this workbook. Please let me take care of them and send it to you.
By the way, I didn't see what formula you have put for data validation. I select CarrierA and go to validation dialog box, it doesn't show what function you have put it.

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The formula is

=IF($D4="Hospital A",CarrierA,IF($D4="Hospital B",CarrierB,""))
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Thanks!
I took a different approach and it worked.
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Here is an example that shows how to create three levels of data validation, with spaces in the items.

DataValidation.xlsx
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Hello Hans,
Thanks for your workbook. After viewing your workbook in a calm mode, I understood where my problem was. I was not putting a dollar sign for a cell in data validation box for function indirect(substitute(c2, " ", "_"). I can't believe how that costs me 48 hours of my life.
I worked continuously on that and I was not able to fix it. I am sure without your workbook, I was not able to get that to work.
In one version of my workbook by placing = sign, the third dropdown worked.
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Hans,
I am not able to find my previous posts. I don't why.
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Thanks,
That piece worked for me. I was not putting a dollar sign. As soon as I did, it worked. I was watching many videos and non of them had a dollar sign in the indirect(substitute(A1....)
Thanks a lot.
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