Update Data Validation List Range - list

I'm trying to create a vba code that will update my data validation list range to last row on another sheet.
My dropdown list is on my "Home" tab which takes its list range from column P on "Mapping tab". The list will change daily so wanted to add in the formaula to look for finalrow rather than entering a cell row value. Here is the code I have written but a error occurs with the formula.
Sub getDropdownList()
Dim finalrow1 As Integer
'finds last row in Column P on Mapping tab
Sheets("Mapping").Select
finalrow1 = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, "P").End(xlUp).Row
Sheets("Home").Select
Range("E7").Select
With Selection.Validation
.Delete
.Add Type:=xlValidateList, AlertStyle:=xlValidAlertStop, Operator:= _
xlBetween, Formula1:="=Mapping!$P$1:$P &finalrow1"
End With
End Sub

No need to use VBA to update the formula - use a dynamic formula (as a named range) instead.
As a named range this will reference from $P$1 to the last cell containing data - providing there are no blank cells in the column P list.
=Mapping!$P$1:INDEX(Mapping!$P:$P,COUNTA(Mapping!$P:$P))
This needs to be entered as a named range as data validation won't accept it.
Did I mention it has to be a named range and not entered directly to the Source box? :)

I have no idea if this will work but try changing the formula to
Formula1:="=Mapping!$P$1:$P" & finalrow1
excel is probably treating your integer as a string and getting confused.

On the VBA you did this line wrong:
xlBetween, Formula1:="=Mapping!$P$1:$P &finalrow1"
Please see correction below for that line in your code:
xlBetween, Formula1:="=Mapping!$P$1:$P" & finalrow1

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Google Sheets: How can I extract partial text from a string based on a column of different options?

Goal: I have a bunch of keywords I'd like to categorise automatically based on topic parameters I set. Categories that match must be in the same column so the keyword data can be filtered.
e.g. If I have "Puppies" as a first topic, it shouldn't appear as a secondary or third topic otherwise the data cannot be filtered as needed.
Example Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWYepApOtWDlwoTP8zkaflD7AoxD_LZ4PxssSpFlrWQ/edit?usp=sharing
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11T5hhyestKRY4GpuwC7RF6tx-xQudNok/view?usp=sharing
Parameters Tab: I will add words in columns D-F that change based on the keyword data set and there will often be hundreds, if not thousands, of options for larger data sets.
Categories Tab: I'd like to have a formula or script that goes down the columns D-F in Parameters and fills in a corresponding value (in Categories! columns D-F respectively) based on partial match with column B or C (makes no difference to me if there's a delimiter like a space or not. Final data sheet should only have one of these columns though).
Things I've Tried:
I've tried a bunch of things. Nested IF formula with regexmatch works but seems clunky.
e.g. this formula in Categories! column D
=IF(REGEXMATCH($B2,LOWER(Parameters!$D$3)),Parameters!$D$3,IF(REGEXMATCH($B2,LOWER(Parameters!$D$4)),Parameters!$D$4,""))
I nested more statements changing out to the next cell in Parameters!D column (as in , manually adding $D$5, $D$6 etc) but this seems inefficient for a list thousands of words long. e.g. third topic will get very long once all dog breed types are added.
Any tips?
Functionality I haven't worked out:
if a string in Categories B or C contains more than one topic in the parameters I set out, is there a way I can have the first 2 to show instead of just the first one?
e.g. Cell A14 in Categories, how can I get a formula/automation to add both "Akita" & "German Shepherd" into the third topic? Concatenation with a CHAR(10) to add to new line is ideal format here. There will be other keywords that won't have both in there in which case these values will just show up individually.
Since this data set has a bunch of mixed breeds and all breeds are added as a third topic, it would be great to differentiate interest in mixes vs pure breeds without confusion.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Also, I'm open to variations in layout and functionality of the spreadsheet in case you have a more creative solution. I just care about efficiently automating a tedious task!!
Try using custom function:
To create custom function:
1.Create or open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
2.Select the menu item Tools > Script editor.
3.Delete any code in the script editor and copy and paste the code below into the script editor.
4.At the top, click Save save.
To use custom function:
1.Click the cell where you want to use the function.
2.Type an equals sign (=) followed by the function name and any input value — for example, =DOUBLE(A1) — and press Enter.
3.The cell will momentarily display Loading..., then return the result.
Code:
function matchTopic(p, str) {
var params = p.flat(); //Convert 2d array into 1d
var buildRegex = params.map(i => '(' + i + ')').join('|'); //convert array into series of capturing groups. Example (Dog)|(Puppies)
var regex = new RegExp(buildRegex,"gi");
var results = str.match(regex);
if(results){
// The for loops below will convert the first character of each word to Uppercase
for(var i = 0 ; i < results.length ; i++){
var words = results[i].split(" ");
for (let j = 0; j < words.length; j++) {
words[j] = words[j][0].toUpperCase() + words[j].substr(1);
}
results[i] = words.join(" ");
}
return results.join(","); //return with comma separator
}else{
return ""; //return blank if result is null
}
}
Example Usage:
Parameters:
First Topic:
Second Topic:
Third Topic:
Reference:
Custom Functions
I've added a new sheet ("Erik Help") with separate formulas (highlighted in green currently) for each of your keyword columns. They are each essentially the same except for specific column references, so I'll include only the "First Topic" formula here:
=ArrayFormula({"First Topic";IF(A2:A="",,IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))) & IFERROR(CHAR(10)&REGEXEXTRACT(REGEXREPLACE(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))),""),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))))})
This formula first creates the header (which can be changed within the formula itself as you like).
The opening IF condition leaves any row in the results column blank if the corresponding cell in Column A of that row is also blank.
JOIN is used to form a concatenated string of all keywords separated by the pipe symbol, which REGEXEXTRACT interprets as OR.
IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))) will attempt to extract any of the keywords from each concatenated string in Columns B and C. If none is found, IFERROR will return null.
Then a second-round attempt is made:
& IFERROR(CHAR(10)&REGEXEXTRACT(REGEXREPLACE(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(LOWER(B2:B&C2:C),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>""))))),""),JOIN("|",LOWER(FILTER(Parameters!D3:D,Parameters!D3:D<>"")))))
Only this time, REGEXREPLACE is used to replace the results of the first round with null, thus eliminating them from being found in round two. This will cause any second listing from the JOIN clause to be found, if one exists. Otherwise, IFERROR again returns null for round two.
CHAR(10) is the new-line character.
I've written each of the three formulas to return up to two results for each keyword column. If that is not your intention for "First Topic" and "Second Topic" (i.e., if you only wanted a maximum of one result for each of those columns), just select and delete the entire round-two portion of the formula shown above from the formula in each of those columns.

How to populate a value when comparing two columns, VLOOKUP or IF?

I'm trying to create "Sale Rep" summaries by "Shop", where I can simply filter a column by the rep's name, them populate a total sales for each shop next to the relevant filter result.
I'm using this to filter all the Stores by Scott:
=(filter(D25:D47,A25:A47 = "Scott"))
Next, want to associate the Store/Account in F to populate with the corresponding value of E inside of G. So, G25 should populate the value of E25 ($724), G26 with E26 ($822), and F27 with E38 ($511.50)
I don't know how to write the formula correctly, but something like this is what I'm trying to do: =IF(F25=D25:D38),E25 I know that's not right, and it won't work in a fill down. But I'm basically trying to look for and copy over the correct value match of D and E inside of G. So, Misty Mountain Medicince in F27 will be matched to the value of E38 and populated in G27.
The filter is what's throwing me off, because it's not a simple fill down. And I don't know how to match filtered results from one column to a matched value in another.
Hope the screenshot helps. Screenshot of table:
Change Field Rep: Scott to Scott and you might apply:
=query(A25:E38,"select D,E where A='"&F24&"'")
// Enter the following into G25 and copy down column G
=(filter(E25:E47, D25:D47 = F25))
or
// Enter the following into G25 will expand with content in F upto row 47
=ArrayFormula(IF(F25:F47 <> 0, VLOOKUP(F25:F47, D25:E47, 2, FALSE),))

How to create new column that parses correct values from a row to a list

I am struggling on creating a formula with Power Bi that would split a single rows value into a list of values that i want.
So I have a column that is called ID and it has values such as:
"ID001122, ID223344" or "IRRELEVANT TEXT ID112233, MORE IRRELEVANT;ID223344 TEXT"
What is important is to save the ID and 6 numbers after it. The first example would turn into a list like this: {"ID001122","ID223344"}. The second example would look exactly the same but it would just parse all the irrelevant text from between.
I was looking for some type of an loop formula where you could use the text find function to find ID starting point and use middle function to extract 8 characters from the start but I had no progress in finding such. I tried making lists from comma separator but I noticed that not all rows had commas to separate IDs.
The end results would be that the original value is on one column next to the list of parsed values which then could be expanded to new rows.
ID Parsed ID
"Random ID123456, Text;ID23456" List {"ID123456","ID23456"}
Any of you have former experience?
Hey I found the answer by myself using a good article similar to my problem.
Here is my solution without any further text parsing which i can do later on.
each let
PosList = Text.PositionOf([ID],"ID",Occurrence.All),
List = List.Transform(PosList, (x) => Text.Middle([ID],x,8))
in List
For example this would result "(ID343137,ID352973) ID358388" into {ID343137,ID352973,ID358388}
Ended up being easier than I thought. Suppose the solution relied again on the lists!

Match multiple strings using re.search within an if condition

I am writing a program to create a list from a spreadsheet based on a position value in another cell. So my code looks like
for j in xrange(1,13):
for sheet in wb.sheets():
for i in xrange(1,12*15):
team=sheet.cell(i,0)
position=sheet.cell(i,2)
games=sheet.cell(i,23)
if re.match(owner[j], str(team.value)) and (not re.findall('Defense' or 'K,' or 'KFG' or 'KKO', str(position.value))):
try:
list.append(int(games.value))
except ValueError:
list.append(0)
else:
pass
print list
list=[]
So the goal of this is to append to a list when a row matches owner in the first column, and not Defense K, KFG KKO in the position column.
Unfortunately, the values for K, KFG and KKO all show
up in my lists, but the Defense values properly do not. How can I
ensure the other filtering criteria are met?
As a side note, these positions are in amongst other bits of text so
the search() is used here instead of match().
"Defense" is a 'truthy' value, so the result of:
'Defense' or 'K,' or 'KFG' or 'KKO'
is 'Defense'.
Therefore, the condition you have is no different from:
re.match(owner[j], str(team.value)) and (not re.findall('Defense', str(position.value)))
If you want alternatives in a regex, use | in the pattern:
re.match(owner[j], str(team.value)) and (not re.findall('Defense|K,|KFG|KKO', str(position.value)))

Excel Sorting a Dynamic List or use VBA then sort

I am using sheet 2 to pull data out of sheet 1.
A9 has this formula in it:
=(INDEX(sheet1!$G$9:$G$7000,MATCH(0,INDEX(COUNTIF($A$8:A8,sheet1!$G$9:$G$7000),0,0),0))
(it looks through column G and takes out duplicates and blanks)
B9 has this formula:
=IF(MAX(IF($A9=sheet1!G:G,sheet1!E:E))=MIN(IF($A9=sheet1!G:G,sheet1!E:E)),"Only 1 Entry",MAX(IF($A9=sheet1!G:G,sheet1!E:E))-MIN(IF($A9=sheet1!G:G,sheet1!E:E)))
(this one looks in column A on sheet2 then looks up dates, Min and Max on Sheet1 to determine how old a certain item is)
C9 has this formula:
=SUMIF(sheet1!$G$9:$G$7000,A9,sheet1!$B$9:$B$7000)
(this on looks as column A in sheet 2 and references sheet1 to add up hours)
The problem is that if I sort Column C on sheet2 nothing changes. I think because as it tries to filter it the dynamic formula is reordering it back to what it is on sheet 1. Basically no matter how you try and filter it, the list stays the same, as its based on sheet1. I even tried to sort the columns on sheet 1 to see if sheet 2 would change but since data in column C of sheet 2 dont actually exist on sheet 1 that doesnt work either.
How can I filter Column C or even B and others with this dynamic formulas that are in place?
I have searched online to find a solution but cant find anything that works. If I can not use this dynamic list, I thought maybe I could create the list in column A sheet 2 with VBA and make the list static.
I have searched too for a VBA to remove duplicated and blanks but for some reason am coming up with a blank on it. I have found some that did part but not both.
Sub MakeUnique()
Dim vaData As Variant
Dim colUnique As Collection
Dim aOutput() As Variant
Dim i As Long
'Put the data in an array
vaData = Sheet1.Range("A5:A7000").Value
'Create a new collection
Set colUnique = New Collection
'Loop through the data
For i = LBound(vaData, 1) To UBound(vaData, 1)
'Collections can't have duplicate keys, so try to
'add each item to the collection ignoring errors.
'Only unique items will be added
On Error Resume Next
colUnique.Add vaData(i, 1), CStr(vaData(i, 1))
On Error GoTo 0
Next i
'size an array to write out to the sheet
ReDim aOutput(1 To colUnique.Count, 1 To 1)
'Loop through the collection and fill the output array
For i = 1 To colUnique.Count
aOutput(i, 1) = colUnique.Item(i)
Next i
'Write the unique values to column B
Sheet2.Range("A9").Resize(UBound(aOutput, 1), UBound(aOutput, 2)).Value = aOutput
End Sub
This VBA creates a list of no duplicates but leaves blanks...
So, how can I have columns B and C on sheet 2 be sortable with column A being derived from data on sheet 1 with no duplicates and no blanks? Is there a way to sort and use the dynamic formula or should it be done with VBA?
This version of your posted code will not include blanks in the unique list:
Sub MakeUnique()
Dim vaData As Variant
Dim colUnique As Collection
Dim aOutput() As Variant
Dim i As Long
'Put the data in an array
vaData = Sheet1.Range("A5:A7000").Value
'Create a new collection
Set colUnique = New Collection
'Loop through the data
For i = LBound(vaData, 1) To UBound(vaData, 1)
'Collections can't have duplicate keys, so try to
'add each item to the collection ignoring errors.
'Only unique items will be added
If vaData(i, 1) <> "" Then
On Error Resume Next
colUnique.Add vaData(i, 1), CStr(vaData(i, 1))
On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next i
'size an array to write out to the sheet
ReDim aOutput(1 To colUnique.Count, 1 To 1)
'Loop through the collection and fill the output array
For i = 1 To colUnique.Count
aOutput(i, 1) = colUnique.Item(i)
Next i
'Write the unique values to column B
Sheet2.Range("A9").Resize(UBound(aOutput, 1), UBound(aOutput, 2)).Value = aOutput
End Sub