Data Validation? And Message

Mar 6, 2009

I thought what I wanted would be simpler than I have found. What I am trying to achieve is for any user trying to enter anything other than a "Y" into a cell would get an error message. In a nutshell I have in column A colleague names and from there 7 columns representing the days of the week split by a "spacer" column. This goes on for seven 4 week periods followed by a column that calculates how many "Y"s and into a formula that gives a running percentage.

My problem is that as there are several people that input data, some put multiple "Y"s so making the formulas throw up erroneous figures. That is why I am after a simple solution to stop any entry other than a "Y". I am guessing this would be better done via macro code?

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Feb 16, 2007

On my spreadsheet, I have a large number of statistical calculations based on user-entered data.

Some of these depend on the number of replicates the user enters, so I have cells such as =COUNT(A1:A20) in A21.

Obviously, some things go wrong if there is only one piece of data, so I would like to have a message box appear if, for instance, the count is < 3.

Data validation doesn't seem to work, as A21 is the result of a formula, not user-entered data.

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When I use list validation with name (Data validation List. Inseret name difine) and then trying to write manualy a differnt value (not from the relevant list) I am not being warned like I get when I choose a list . And then even when I have a list or a Name If I copy a diffrent value I am not being warned.

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May 5, 2014

What would be the correct syntax for pulling information to the input message box from another sheet?

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'
' test_data_validation Macro
'
Dim nrows As Integer
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Sheets("sheet1").Activate

[Code] .........

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I need need to extend the text data validation across all three columns so that only specific combinations of the text in the three columns can be used which is reflected in a further list. These combinations will be counted elsewhere and so needed. Therefore, if i attempt to enter a combination of text columns that is not reflected in the list, this too will present an error message stating 'combination not valid', or words to this effect.

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Apr 21, 2009

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For instance =SUM(C1:C4, "<>1") should display the error message. Is there a way to write the formula with an IF statement and still use data validation with error message box?

Assumptions:
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Scenarios:
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