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Forums Excel Questions Data Validation Error Alert not Working Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of 11 Data Validation Error Alert not WorkingThis is a discussion on Data Validation Error excel 2007 data validation from another sheet Alert not Working within the Excel Questions forums, part of the Question Forums category; I excel 2007 data validation list from another worksheet have applied data validation to certain columns based on named ranges in another sheet. Data/Validation Select "List" Source =NamedRange ... LinkBack LinkBack data validation excel 2007 different sheet URL About LinkBacks Bookmark & Share Digg this Thread!Add Thread to del.icio.usBookmark in TechnoratiTweet this thread Thread Tools Show Printable Version Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Jun 12th, 2007,02:57
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PM #1 mvancleave Board Regular Join Date May 2007 Location Bothell, WA, USA Posts 97 Data Validation Error Alert not Working I have applied data validation to certain columns based on named ranges in another sheet. Data/Validation Select "List" Source =NamedRange I have selected the "Show error messages ... " box and added message text, but the alert does not come up when invalid data are entered. The ranges are defined dynamically using how to use data validation in excel 2007 the offset and counta functions. When I define the names statically, everything works fine. What can I do to fix this, short of using static name defintions? Thanks, Mike Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Reply With Quote Jun 12th, 2007,03:15 PM #2 Von Pookie MrExcel MVP Join Date Feb 2002 Location The act or process of locating. Posts 13,686 Works just fine for me using a dynamic named range on another sheet. Are you certain the data being entered is invalid? I select a value from the list with no problems, but if I enter a value not contained in the list, the error appears. If you manually enter a value that is contained in the dynamic range, it will be accepted since the value is in the list (capitalization doesn't appear to matter). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Kristy Reply With Quote Jun 12th, 2007,03:23 PM #3 mvancleave Board Regular Join Date May 2007 Location Bothell, WA, USA Posts 97 I'm sure that data is invalid, and I don't get the error message. This is with Excel 2000, so maybe that makes a difference. I can check on my computer at home (Excel 2003) and see if the same problem happens there. Share Share this post on Digg D
a drop down list. After you select a season, if you type an invalid month name in the adjacent cell, you'll see a warning message. It's a great data validation in excel 2007 with example plan, but people are sometimes typing invalid entries in the month column, and
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the data validation isn't stopping them. What went wrong, and how can you fix it? Problem With Blanks In
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this example, the Month column has dependent data validation, based on the season that was selected in column B. If the Ignore Blank setting is turned on, then you'll be able http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/266083-data-validation-error-alert-not-working.html to enter any value in a Month cell, if the Season cell is blank. To prevent those invalid entries: Select the Data Validation cells On the Ribbon's Data tab, click Data Validation In the Data Validation dialog box, on the Settings tab, remove the check mark for Ignore Blank, then click OK With the Ignore Blanks setting changed, if the Season cell http://blog.contextures.com/archives/2010/06/25/invalid-entries-allowed-in-data-validation/ is blank, you won't be able to enter anything in the Month column. Blank Cells in Source List You might see this problem with invalid entries in other situations too. For example, if the source list is a named range that contains blank cells, users may be able to type any entry, without receiving an error message. To prevent this, turn off the Ignore Blank setting, as described above. There are more instructions, and screen shots here. Error Alerts If the data validation Error Alert is turned off, users will be able to type any entry, without receiving an error message. To turn the Error Alert on: Select the Data Validation cells On the Ribbon's Data tab, click Data Validation In the Data Validation dialog box, on the Error Alert tab, add a check mark for Show Error Alert After Invalid Data is Entered, then click OK __________ Next story Count Cells Greater Than Set Amount With Excel COUNTIF Function Previous story Conditional Formatting for Currency Symbol You may also like... 2 Quickly Change Results for Excel COUNTIF Function July 9, 2010 0 Show Data Validatio
Validation Messages Video: Create an Input or Error Message Create an Input Message Input Message Size Input Message Position Move an Input Message Create an Error Alert Error Message Size Turn Error Alert Off Download the Sample File More Tutorials Data Validation Messages With http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal04.html the options available in data validation, you can display messages to give instructions to the people http://www.excelbanter.com/showthread.php?t=246834 who use your spreadsheet. There are two types of data validation messages: An Input Message can be displayed when a cell is selected. An Error Alert can be displayed if invalid data is entered in a cell Video: Create an Input or Error Message To see the steps for creating an input message and an error message, watch this short video tutorial. The written data validation instructions are below the video. Your browser can't show this frame. Here is a link to the page Create an Input Message To help people know what data should be entered in a cell, you can set up an Input Message that is displayed when the cell is selected. Follow these steps to show a short message when a cell is selected. Select the cells in which you want to apply data validation On the Ribbon, click the Data tab, and excel 2007 data click Data Validation (optional) On the Settings tab, choose the data validation settings Click on the Input Message tab, and add a check mark to Show input message when cell is selected Type your message heading text in the Title box. This text will appear in bold print at the top of the message. Type a short message in the Input message box. Press the Enter key, to create line breaks, if you want them. NOTE: The limit is 255 characters Click OK or follow the steps below to add an Error Alert. Now, when you click on the cell, the Input Message will appear. Input Message Size Although there are 255 characters allowed in the Input Message box, the box has a maximum height and width, and all the characters might not fit. NOTE: The size of the message box cannot be changed -- it is automatically set by Excel. For example, in the message box below, there are 254 "i" characters, with an "X" at the end. However, in the message box below, there are 254 "W" characters, with an "X" at the end. Only 126 of the characters appear in full, and the remaining characters are cut off, or not visible. Input Message Position In most cases, the input message pops below the cell, with the left edge of the message at the middle point of the cell's width. If the cell is close to the right
visit from the selection below. Home » ExcelBanter forum » Excel Newsgroups » Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2007 data validation not working Author Name Remember Me? Password Site Map Home Register Authors List Today's Posts Search Web Partners Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... 2007 data validation not working « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools Display Modes #1 October 28th 09, 06:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc ker_01 external usenet poster Posts: 395 2007 data validation not working I have a worksheet that includes a /lot/ of data validation cells. There is one particular range of data validation cells (A29:A38) where we have identified a problem. We have not yet determined if this same problem will affect the rest of the workbook, or our overall project. The target range cells have data validation enabled: Allow: List Source: =Positions (a named range from a hidden sheet) Ignore blank and In-cell dropdown are both checked. There is no input message Error Alert: Stop; and "Show error alert after invalid data" is checked. When the cell is selected, the dropdown arrow appears, and the list contains the expected entries, and they can be selected as expected. However, what we just found out is that users can type (not copy or autofill, really type) a non-list item into these cells and it doesn't trigger the error alert or prevent the entry. So, now we are getting invalid data trickling back into our data aggregation tables. I tried the instructions to "Find all cells with data validation" at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...CH100648501033 Using both 'Go to special' all and same, and it appears to be highlighting the correct cells (which is most of the worksheet for 'all') So that verifies that Excel thinks these cells have data validation, but leaves me with no other clues as to why the data validation isn't working. I can type random gibberish into those data validation cells, and it never throws an error. Any ideas on what else to check? Thank you, Keith ker_01 View Public Profile View message headers Find all posts by ker_01 Find all threads started by ker_01 Ads #2 October 28th 09, 07:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc ker_01 external usenet poster Posts: 395 2007 data validation not working Found the answer at: http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal08.html#Freeze Looks like "Ignore blanks" doesn'