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How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

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    How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    Hello All,

    I have a Data Sheet with Accountant Details for all clients in columns A to F.

    The Column headings are Accountant Firm Nane, Accountant, Company Name, Exposure, Account amanger etc.

    The goal is to have a drop down menu from the Accountant Firm Name list, where once a firm is selected I would have a button that once clicks retrieves all the relevant data for that Accountant name (data in B:F)
    The problem is when I make the drop down list, the list displays multiple entries of the same name because there are repeats in the list (column A) this is a sample Sheet in reality I have 1000 rows so a lot more repeats, I need a way around this to show unique entries in drop down only, otherwise it is too redundant. Plus I need as much help as I can get writing the code

    For Ex:
    User Selects Drop Down Menu of an Accounting Firm "ABC Accounting"

    There is a button on the side that reads Drop Down Value and all of a sudden when clicked data populates the sheet like this:

    Accountant Client Name ID # Exposure Account Manager

    Paul Bryant Openlane 54251 $120,215 John Doe
    Paul Bryant Yearin 69825 $882,114 Paul Awal
    Paul Bryant Goodsilron 24546 $512,545 Sabrina Laury
    Paul Bryant Condax 32675 $58,216 John Doe
    John Smith Opentech 21548 $654,542 Paul Awal
    John Smith Golddex 54987 $31,324 Sabrina Laury
    Luke Ryan year-job 23355 $854,515 John Doe
    Sydney Samps Isdom 22222 $213,454 Sabrina Laury

    This can be done on a new sheet so it's clean or on the side and I will figure it out. Please view my Attachment of the sample workbook.
    your comments will help me out a lot. How do I do this?
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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    Try the attached file. Make your selection in the drop down list in cell H3. The data will be copied to Sheet2.
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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    Sorry. The file wasn't attached successfully. Click this link to download your file: https://app.box.com/s/04qwr7gwoyl6evc0an34absyz9f6mndl

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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    I made a slight change in the macro. Please use this link: https://app.box.com/s/04qwr7gwoyl6evc0an34absyz9f6mndl
    If you ever have more than 500 lines of data, the macro will have to be modified.

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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    Hey Mumps1,

    I am getting an error code for that link "app.box.com’s server DNS address could not be found."

    It's not possible to upload here directly?

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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    Hopefully, it attached this time.
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    Cool Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    amazing thank you so much :D

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    Re: How to auto populate other cells when selecting values in Excel drop down list?

    You are very welcome.

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