Auto filling row based on drop down list( i am open to VBA code,Vlookup, anything that will make this possible.

Copan1795

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Hello,

What I am trying to build is a spread sheet with tasks based on the the job. I have a dropdown list in A1 with about 29 jobs.When I pick one of thoses jobs I want a list of tasks to auto fill below A2:A40. QA lab tech is from the list of jobs.below is sheet2 the jobs and the task asisned to the job. The tasks are fill words i fill the real tasks in once i know that this will work. I am open tp any ideas

sheet1
QA lab Tech

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Sheet2
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Jobs and the taskes asigned to that job on another worksheet. The job list is in A1:20 and the Tasks are in B1
 

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Hi Copan1795,

Put this formula into cell A2 of Sheet1...

=HLOOKUP($A$1,Sheet2!$A$1:$AD$29,ROW(),FALSE)

...and fill down as required. You may have to alter the range in Sheet2 in the formula as well.

Regards,

Robert
 
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