Create two different drop downs depending on the value of a cell on another sheet

drop05

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Hello, i wanted to see if there is a way to have two different drop down on one cell (D5) with four different choices for each drop down depending on a value of another cell in a different sheet?
Drop down one will have: "Test 1, Test 2, Test 3, Blank", If on sheet "Guide" on cell A1 = "First"
if the value in cell a1 on sheet Guide is "Second" then the drop down will be "Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Not Selected"

is there a way to do this in excel?
 

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Hi Drop05,

Try

Book1
ABCDE
1DropdownFirstSecond
2Test 1Class 1
3Test 2Class 2
4Test 3Class 3
5BlankNot Selected
Sheet1
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
A2List=OFFSET($D$1,1,MATCH(Guide!$A$1,$D$1:$E$1,0)-1,4)
 
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Another way that you could consider, especially if the lists are different length (as in my changed sample below) is to make the lists named ranges.

drop05_2.xlsm
A
1Second
Guide


F2:F5 below is named "First", G2:G6 is named "Second"

drop05_2.xlsm
DEFG
1FirstSecond
2Test 1Class 1
3Test 2Class 2
4Test 3Class 3
5BlankClass 4
6Not Selected
7
Sheet2
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
D5List=INDIRECT(Guide!A1)


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