Lookup data based on drop down and secondary column google sheets - google-sheets

Question

I'm trying to get data to appear based on a drop down and a secondary column. Here's the sample sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LgHrze7bp0Epfw273Ylx3sVW98VDyd0sSQ1lYmZJUL4/edit?usp=sharing
I'm trying to get the Data sheet info to appear under the dropdown in the Worksheet sheet.
Any help would be great! Thanks!

Answer 1

Use hlookup like this. Put in B2 of Worksheet:
=transpose(arrayformula(hlookup(B1,Data!B1:G8,{2,3,4,5,6,7,8},false)))
If you put the cities in the rows, it would be much easier for you to add new cities. You can set the dropdown data validation to A2:A and the lookup to A2:H.
You can then add cities without adjusting anything. The formula the uses vlookup like:
=transpose(ARRAYFORMULA(vlookup(A1,RData!A2:H,{2,3,4,5,6,7,8},false)))
You can also do it with Google Apps Script that will expand to the number of cities and categories you have. I have added this to the shared sheet on the Script tab. It uses the RData tab as its source.
function onEdit(event) {
var sheet = event.source.getActiveSheet().getName()//get the sheet name
if(sheet=="Script" ){//if sheet name is Script
var ss= SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var s=ss.getSheetByName("RData")//get the data sheet
var lr=s.getLastRow()//get the last row with data(city)
var lc=s.getLastColumn()//get the last column with data (category)
var rng=s.getRange(1, 1, lr, lc).getValues()//get the values
var dd= s.getRange("Script!A1").getValue()//get the selected city from the dropdown
var val=[]
var cat=[]
for(i=0;i<rng.length;i++){
if(dd==rng[i][0]){
for(j=1;j<rng.length+1;j++){
var t=rng[i][j]
val.push([rng[i][j]])
cat.push([rng[0][j]])
ss.getSheetByName("Script").getRange(1, 2, val.length,1).setValues(cat) //write the category values
ss.getSheetByName("Script").getRange(1, 3, val.length,1).setValues(val) //write the numbers
break //quit when the city is processed
}}}}}
Attached is a shared spreadsheet the shows all ways of solving your problem:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h3kYpBTK8OpSVL5PGwQzYsFbIHmCaKx0G5Y8FXSdHH8/edit?usp=sharing