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EDIT: Thanks to Erik's help It works flawlessly. I made a new approach to this and works as well. I'm going to link the sheet so others can learn and use it for their own use. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1snPK6wBmR0Xbz4PFLO8sG_hBSHOpND-e_UGxL033VtE/edit?usp=sharing

What I'm having trouble is grabbing all values in certain column and row all the way down to end of a certain column and row. I set up a drop-down list that I'm working with to incorporate with my tables.

Below is how sheet 1 looks like. Drop-down list is setup from range using data validation from sheet2

Drop-Down List1 Drop-Down List2
name1 name1
name2 name2
name3 name3
name4 name4
Gold Silver
This will show the sum of drop-down list 1 and drop-down list 2 This will show the sum of drop-down list 1 and drop-down list 2

I have two drop-down list that has value assigned in it which is referred to an array on another sheet.

Below is sheet 2 that has my data stored for sheet 1

Name Silver Gold Iron
name1 13 11 90
name2 11 33 111
name3 4 21 43
name4 55 6 299

This is very similar to what I have set up. So to explain what I want. What I want is to grab ALL data in each cell in a column between and with drop-down list 1 and drop-down list 2 value. For example under drop-down list 1, I select name2 and for drop-down list 2 I select name4. On sheet 1, Under GOLD header I want the sum of gold that get all data from name2 through name4, Which comes out to 60. 33 + 21 + 6. Should look something similar to this

Example 1: The top of this is drop down list value

name2 name4
Gold Silver Iron
60 70 453

Example 2: The top of this is drop down list value

name1 name3
Gold Silver Iron
65 28 244

What would be the best way to achieve this?

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  • Please share a link to the spreadsheet (or to a copy of it). For all of your careful explanations, it will still be nearly impossible to answer this without seeing the actual spreadsheet, layout, ranges, data types, etc.
    – Erik Tyler
    Mar 10, 2022 at 4:48
  • I made a temporary sheet to use. Its editable so you can edit whatever you want or need. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/… Mar 10, 2022 at 5:03

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I've added a new sheet ("Erik Help") with the following formula:

=ArrayFormula(IF(VLOOKUP(B3,{Sheet2!A:A,ROW(Sheet2!A:A)},2,FALSE)>VLOOKUP(C3,{Sheet2!A:A,ROW(Sheet2!A:A)},2,FALSE),"Drop-Down Values Not Possible",IFERROR(HLOOKUP(B7:D7,{FILTER(Sheet2!B:D,ISTEXT(Sheet2!B:B));MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,COLUMNS(Sheet2!B:D),1,0),1*FILTER(Sheet2!B:D,ROW(Sheet2!A:A)>=VLOOKUP(B3,{Sheet2!A:A,ROW(Sheet2!A:A)},2,FALSE),ROW(Sheet2!A:A)<=VLOOKUP(C3,{Sheet2!A:A,ROW(Sheet2!A:A)},2,FALSE)))},2,FALSE))))

This one formula produces all results and includes at least a fair amount of error handling.

As you can see, it's complex — more complex than I can usually offer via this free, volunteer-run forum. I've shared a solution here, however, with the understanding that I'm sharing it as-is and cannot also explain it. I leave that to any interested parties to analyze it, take it apart, see what each piece does separately and together, and learn that way.

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