🔎 How to Create Searchable Drop Down List in Excel

[@KevinStratvert]

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[@waydgaming]

By far, the best example of a searchable drop down! Everyone I have seen so far does just one cell, THIS is what most probably needed! Thank you

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I love the way you kick start your videos with “To-day”… 😄 Thanks so much for all these useful lessons!!🙏🏻

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When you said "Spoiler Alert" that's the moment you nailed the pin down. You've totally upped your game with the thumbnails, the audio the video it's just so much improvement from the past year! Love the way you listen to small people's advice! I would just be grateful for a cookie though!

[@AvanishKesharwani]

Thanks for this video Kevin, I have followed the steps from the spreadsheet you have given. Now I learnt how to insert Searchable Drop-Down List in MS-Excel.

[@renatajesus6769]

Thank you. I already knew all of it except for the transpose. That is amazing. I just didn't know about transpose. Thanks again.

[@zapchickenhpl3537]

Finally, I found video which really help me. I stuck in spills error many days. this is very clear, very useful for my over hundred lists of raw materials for kitchen. Thank you so much Kevin.

[@saikaushikkothapalli4059]

Been searching for the multiple rows with sreachble dropdows for over 3 montnhs now. This is great! Than you so much

[@swastikszn1781]

I have a Excel class now and I needed this video thanks for uploading this video Kevin!

[@damilolaadeogun6507]

I've been searching for a very simple follow along tutorial for over an hour now... Glad I found your video.. Thank you for making this so simple 👏👏👏

[@anupamchoudhuri]

Kevin saved my day, this is the best video I found for a searchable drop down list

[@angusred1337]

I just spent 2 hours on this video...and...well....it solved my problem! Thank you!

[@xMPBx]

Thank you so much!!!! You have saved me from a massive headache of a problem I was having.

[@iviegonzales]

I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thank you!

[@chandrusunil]

Hi kevin , instead of going for a transpose and hiding the columns of the validated list, I recommend you could use the function "cell('contents")" as the search criteria for the search function initially (instead of "A6" in you formula) so that you can use the same formula on all rows and search gets modified based on what you type in the cell.

[@jasirmanakkamburath9685]

hi sunil, can you please explain how can i apply cell function instead of transpose??

[@chandrusunil]

​@@jasirmanakkamburath9685 instead of referring to A6, you can type "=cells(contents )"...so change made anywhere will be reflected in the formula, thus we can do away with transpose to hide columns that does not show our required data...

[@Sparqcorporatetraining]

@@chandrusunil Clarification please? Perhaps provide the complete suggested formula and where it would be entered. Thanks in advance!

[@chandrusunil]

​​​​@@Sparqcorporatetrainingin the search function of the "isnumber" column you can change the cell reference from A6 to =cell(contents)

[@swastikszn1781]

You are my best online teacher, Kevin Your videos help me a lot Thank you!

[@kuuuyajim]

Love it! ❤️ Hopefully Microsoft is able implement the searchable drop-down on desktop app soon so we no longer need to do this workaround and so it would be easier as well for those who are not Office 365 subscribers.

[@charlesxix]

I wouldn't hold your breath.

[@ExcelwithJT]

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[@trinawidders3535]

Seems like I'm being punished with this long winded complicated way just because I pay for the subscription????? Makes no sense!

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[@JIMFX9]

thank you kevin for this video i was looking for this thing on how to create excel searchable drop down list it has really helped me thanks kevin

[@sharvdhume]

@Kevin Stratvert You are a very good teacher 👍

[@CPIVCR]

thank you. I've been searching for this for a long time. great job presenting the info in a simple and understandable format.

[@chrisdekeyser7536]

That helped me a lot to create some more comprehensive things in Excel. Thank you!

[@Krimm664]

Loving the recent excel videos!

[@giestone]

Superb, You help solve my problem especially with "transpose" fiture for multiple rows. Thanks!

[@pierrickdefossez3157]

Thanks for the trick, Kevin, very useful. I actually didn't know that excel online was able to filter automatically. I use to set another trick though, combining OFFSET, MATCH and COUNTIF. Basically, if the table of cookies is named "cookies", and you are typing in B6, then the formula of the dropdown list can be set as : =OFFSET(cookies,MATCH(B6&"*",cookies,0)-1,,COUNTIF(cookies,B6&"*"))

[@Sparqcorporatetraining]

I tried renaming the table, but it wouldn't accept your formula because that name is already in use. I then tried to change your formula above to match the correct table name 'cookiestypes' (yes, that's exactly how it's spelled). Still couldn't get it to work. I then tried to use your formula in the Data Validation - List dialog box. Still no luck. Would LOVE clarification because I couldn't make sense of the TRANSPOSE option and feel like your formula would be simpler. Thanks in advance!

[@gvinodnair]

Kevin, it's a bit complex for a beginner, but very innovative, advanced and practical approach it is I should say. Thanks!

[@charlesrodriguez2176]

As always, brilliantly delivered Kevin!

[@KevinStratvert]

Thank you Charles!

[@elisirs]

You don’t even know how much you helped me, I was going nuts because I had to apply the formula on many cells… This was really really helpful, thank you very much. 😭❤️

[@GoGo2Go2B]

I love this! I think I love you! You explained sth so easily in one video that I've been trying to find out in five separate videos.

[@vivacious2349]

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[@kentongonzales1315]

David you are a blessing

[@adnanabbasi9745]

Superb, I was just trying different options and you just solved with Transpose! --- Just wonderful.

[@kelvinlee8754]

I've learnt 3 more formulas and combine in 1, thank you

[@Atharvaaa.09]

Hii bro,Love from india❤

[@antonisp20]

+2 points for you Kevin. Watched similar video and lacks web solution and multiple row solution which I needed. Thank you very much!

[@bhanuprakashmacha3426]

Awesome techniques you are teaching us.. appreciate your efforts.. thank you.. 🙏

[@wncjan]

Great video. The only drawback with the solution is, that you can't type while pull-down is open, and see the irrelevant options disappear 😁

[@albou1]

Another fantastic training video! TY!!👍

[@ashokkumarp7481]

Thank you. Appreciate your tireless effort.

[@josepena3516]

Excellent video, thank you Kevin

[@SamiullahEhsan997]

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Thanks for this Kevin. It's really hard to manage massive data in excel and I need to simplify the monitoring before I get out from the university.

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[@KevinStratvert]

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[@MadCerCells]

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[@makrieger1968]

@@KevinStratvert Kevin, I love your videos about Drop Down Lists...Do you know of a way to include an "alias", "AKA", or "keyword" into the search? For instance, what if you wanted people to find Vegan cookies or Peanut free cookies but didn't want to include those words in the cookie name? THANK YOU!

[@callililie4]

Thank you so much Kevin!!

[@amilasilva5393]

great video kevin..the best drop down method by far..❤💥💯

[@justmie9781]

You are the best bro, thank you so much❤❤may you live a happy life😊

[@yflix7670]

you nailed it thankyou love from india

[@michellegage7145]

amazing demo, thanks so much for sharing!

[@SymbianYS]

Very asome! Saved me a lot of time and pain!!!!!!!!!!!

[@harolda611]

Great video as always Kevin! Waiting for a Windows 365 video :)

[@KevinStratvert]

Coming tomorrow Harry! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@snorlaxissleeping3740]

this has been very helpful! thank you

[@katherinefrear]

Thank you. Document finally working. I do have one question though, what do you do to add a row to the data validation drop down list and have the table source (with formulas) update?

[@swastikszn1781]

Thanks for helping me, Kevin

[@foodietheprincess5766]

Thank you so much! This was great and you made it look so easy!

[@SBFay01]

Superb! Thanks for addressing the desktop solution. I do a lot of work for my Volunteer Fire Dept., but we are rural with spotty internet (so online solutions seldom work for us). This will help me develop some Excel data entry forms for inventory, equipment checks, vehicle maintenance, and incident reporting.

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[@nipurnagrawal]

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[@rahimovassagh4569]

Thanks Kevin! great video! How can I apply this searchable dropdown to multiple rows? Could you make a video about it?

[@swastikszn1781]

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[@trossignol11]

That was awesome. Thank you

[@markus_aurelius_888]

Great explanation, step by step logic 👍

[@allancocamas8385]

Very helpful. Thank you very much.

[@nithashajil120]

Amazing man , loved it

[@madhavdhungel6211]

Many thanks, Meantime I was unable to see Filter functions with my excel

[@evesong3408]

Hi Kevin I'm using excel 2019 which doesn't have the filter function, do you have a solution to use alternative function to achieve the same result?

[@coachfoulds3798]

Great help mate, thank you!

[@MLSGrammateus]

This was great! Thanks!

[@ssali123]

huge help, thanks man

[@prof.code-dude2750]

WOW Sir!!!! I am glad to know Someone like you who uses their talent from working at Microsoft to help others master their work!!! This will really help in attendance lists and more. Keep up your hard work. You are the best!!🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cenevspeed_CARS]

Yes 👍🏼

[@monicardoso724]

Thank you so much! This was awesome 👏🏻

[@caesar7821]

thanks the only thing i don't like on data validation is the dropdown list, the text i gets pretty small and then you have to zoom in.

[@k52178]

Thank you so much!!

[@leahguevara7658]

Love the video and how you simplify things

[@zalllon]

Thank you sir, this is way faster than building a pop-up box with a macro. Do you have save me a ton of time, as I’ve attached this search list to an existing table where the search validation items are the named range. This works perfectly and without macros, which is what I was hoping to find and utilize.

[@ursulamannix7311]

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[@questionmark9684]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@carolcao2775]

I learned a lot here. Thank you Kevin.

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As always....Amazing

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Very very good 😊

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the cookie jokes were amazing!

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Thank you so much Sir

[@kaaba92]

Thank you 😊 Kevin you're my Official "goto" for answers on Excel. Van you please make a video tutorial on Microsoft SQLite please.

[@cathyyoung7277]

Hi, coming back to Excel after 20 years...your videos have been great! I'm now using a form to enter data. I got the drop down menus to work fine on the spreadsheet (thankyou), but I can't get them onto the form. Can you help?

[@dummycenter7437]

Excellent !!

[@roronoazoro8343]

It helped me, thanks

[@tonyyong]

Great helpful video on Excel Dropdown list, I have done traditional dropdown list in MS Office 95 & 2010, but since changing to MS 365, these dropdown list seems to disappear after saving files and exiting Excel, even checking the button "Apply changes..." Excel does not seem to save the changes. Maybe I will rebuilt the Excel template from scratch and try on my home Mac Mini using Excel 2019. Anyway thanks for all your great tips.

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[@swastikszn1781]

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[@dimasagil90]

Cool tricks!

[@Rod8136]

Hi Kevin, Nice job, I Like it!! First I'm on Win 10 , Microsoft 365, and my system is fully updated, with I7 Processor, and high-end graphics card, and 16GB!. power user from corporate with a background. I think you have an error in both examples I have rechecked all code 4 times -no errors! In both examples as long as you advance down with your searches, ALL is WELL! But if you try to back up the list with a search it falls, by only finding 1 or staying lock a the last search input. Might waant to take a look? Thanks, keep up the great work!! Rod

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[@SurendraUK]

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Hey Kevin! Could you make a video on Offset please?