Changing criteria range using the same cell reference based on data validation list header change

floW_5

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Hope I got the thread title relevant to what I am about to ask,

Currently I have a table that has been filtered to only showing 3 columns of my choosing.
In G5 & H5 is the criteria range for ColumnA.
G10 & H10 is the criteria range for ColumnC.
The formula below works exactly that.

I want to take it a step further.... Cell K1 has a data validation drop down list to pick between ColumnA and ColumnB while cell L1 has a data validation drop down list between ColumnC and ColumnD.

The million dollar question is, how could I get G5 & H5 or G10 & H10 to recalculate based on which header is in K1 or L1? For example, If I choose ColumnB from the drop down list in K1, the input value from G5 & H6 (>=4 & <=75) should now look in ColumnB for the calculation and not ColumnA anymore, same goes if the drop down list in L1 is ColumnD, G10 & H10 would look in ColumnD to return the values based on G10 & H10 criteria range.

If this makes any sense, my complete gratitude in advance if anyone can help update this formula accordingly. Thank you

DataSample.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1ColumnAColumnBColumnCColumnDCategoryCategoryColumnAColumnC
21138511451Column A or B11151
3664233571Greater or EqualLess or Equal1623
45315175411531
53999423147517553
67575534851135278
73552789871Column C or D119111
819101115641Greater or EqualLess or Equal1760
98922325242115490
10791601271
115428908541
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
J2:L9J2=LET(A_,Table4[ColumnA],C_,Table4[ColumnC],Category_,Table4[Category], IFERROR(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,ISNUMBER( 1/IF(G5,A_>=G5,Category_) *1/IF(H5,A_<=H5,Category_) *1/IF(G10,C_>=G10,Category_) *1/IF(H10,C_<=H10,Category_)) =TRUE),XMATCH(J1:L1,Table4[#Headers])),""))
Dynamic array formulas.
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
K1List=$A$1:$B$1
L1List=$C$1:$D$1
 

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floW_5.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1ColumnAColumnBColumnCColumnDCategoryCategoryColumnBColumnD
21138511451Column A or B164357
3664233571Greater or EqualLess or Equal115754
4531517541175485
539994231675110564
67575534851128854
73552789871Column C or D
819101115641Greater or EqualLess or Equal
989223252421
10791601271300
115428908541
12
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
J2:L6J2=LET(A_,Table4[ColumnA],B_,Table4[ColumnB],C_,Table4[ColumnC],D_,Table4[ColumnD],Category_,Table4[Category],AorB,IF(K1="ColumnA",A_,B_),CorD,IF(L1="ColumnC",C_,D_), IFERROR(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,ISNUMBER( 1/IF(G5,AorB>=G5,Category_) *1/IF(H5,AorB<=H5,Category_) *1/IF(G10,CorD>=G10,Category_) *1/IF(H10,CorD<=H10,Category_)) =TRUE),XMATCH(J1:L1,Table4[#Headers])),""))
Dynamic array formulas.
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
K1List=$A$1:$B$1
L1List=$C$1:$D$1
 
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Solution
See if this modification to your formula does what you want.

floW_5.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1ColumnAColumnBColumnCColumnDCategoryCategoryColumnBColumnD
21138511451Column A or B164357
3664233571Greater or EqualLess or Equal115754
4531517541175485
539994231675110564
67575534851128854
73552789871Column C or D
819101115641Greater or EqualLess or Equal
989223252421
10791601271300
115428908541
12
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
J2:L6J2=LET(A_,Table4[ColumnA],B_,Table4[ColumnB],C_,Table4[ColumnC],D_,Table4[ColumnD],Category_,Table4[Category],AorB,IF(K1="ColumnA",A_,B_),CorD,IF(L1="ColumnC",C_,D_), IFERROR(CHOOSECOLS(FILTER(Table4,ISNUMBER( 1/IF(G5,AorB>=G5,Category_) *1/IF(H5,AorB<=H5,Category_) *1/IF(G10,CorD>=G10,Category_) *1/IF(H10,CorD<=H10,Category_)) =TRUE),XMATCH(J1:L1,Table4[#Headers])),""))
Dynamic array formulas.
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
K1List=$A$1:$B$1
L1List=$C$1:$D$1
Peter mate, Thank you so much. Formula works flawlessly, thank you!
 
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You're welcome. Thanks for the follow-up. :)
 
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