Need help with creating a dependant drop down menu that performs calculations

excerbated124

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Alrighty so I'm pretty new at excel and it's proving to be quite the PITA to figure this stuff out. I've done a lot of searching but can't seem to find the answers that I need.


Sorry if this isn't in the right section, any help or even pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. I've done the best I can to explain what I'm trying to do but it wont let me attach anything.


So this is what I'm trying to do:


I'm creating a spread sheet that helps me write up estimates as a contractor.


On page 1 I have the main page with drop downs and information for the estimate, page 2 has the values (source data) for the drop down menus.


This is how I need it to work.


Drop down 1 would give me a list of different trades for the work


Drop down 2 would give me a list of associated tasks for each trade.


After making a selection in drop down 2, I want multiple cells to be populate with data based on the selection.


I need the first cell to be my variable data where I enter how much of an item to order,
the next cell to display the cost per unit, another cell to show the default unit of measurement assigned to each item(Per FT, IN, SQFT, etc.),
another cell to show the tax per item
(calculated by multiplying the taxable amount from the source sheet associated with the line item, times the entered value for the item, times the tax rate entered in a different cell at the top of the the estimate page)




Please help!
 

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