Conditional drop-down list

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Hi all,

I need to make a conditional drop-down list that will show a different list depending on a value selected in another cell. For example:

On sheet 1 (titled "CC Input"), my Color Type is in cell A2: Green, Blue, Purple, etc.

On another sheet (titled "Drivers"), I have a dynamic list of values assigned to each color. Column A has Color type (Green, Blue, etc). Column B has Items (crayon, pen, paper, etc). I mean dynamic as in rows can be added or removed, but will always have a color associated in column A.

Back on "CC Input" sheet, if A2=Green, I want a dropdown in cell D1 that will pull the list of all values associated with Green from the "Drivers" worksheet.

Is this possible with named ranges & data validation? Thanks!
 

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I've tried this using dynamic ranges for the supporting Named lists (using the OFFSET & COUNTA method), which are also on a different sheet (on the one titled "Drivers"), & it's not working. It just says there is an error when I try to enter the Validation List.

Is it possible to do this with what I'm trying to do?
 
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