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Notes
• On Lists sheet, if employee is away on vacation, put an X in Vacation column
Then, filter the list by the Vacation column, to hide employees with an X
In the ListNum column, a Subtotal formula numbers the visible rows only
• On the ListDV sheet, numbers are typed in the first column
An INDEX/MATCH formula gets the employee name for each number
Formula in yellow cell gets the highest number from ListNum column on Lists sheet
Named range (EmplistAvail) uses that cell to find the last row for the list of available employees
• On the Schedule sheet, the Staff column drop down shows all employees (EmpList)
Staff Available column drop down shows available employees only (EmpListAvail)
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available employees
Day Staff Staff
Available

Sun Cam Ed
Mon Dee
Tue Gil
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Vacation column is filtered, to hide rows with X
Employees Vacation ListNum
Al 1
Bea 2
Dee 3
Ed 4
Flo 5
Hal 6
Ira 7
Kim 8
Lou 9
hide rows with X
ID Emp Available 9 <==used in formula for dynamic named range - EmpListAvai
1 Al
2 Bea
3 Dee
4 Ed
5 Flo
6 Hal
7 Ira
8 Kim
9 Lou
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c named range - EmpListAvail
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