To confirm or not?

I take input from the user for whom I give him a choice. For example, for example, in the column "conductor" he is given the choice of "Al or Cu"

Similarly, in the "insulator" column, he is given the choice of "XLPE or PVC"

Now these two are simple versions of the lists that I provide to the user, but some of my lists depend on previous entries, and for this I use datavalidation as follows:

=indirect($C5 & "_" & $D5) 

(Named range, for example: al_xlpe)

Assuming columns C and D refer to some inputs (this will lead to the definition of the named ranges 2!).

Because of the above method, I had to use a lot of named ranges (some of my test selection options depend on more than 4 or more inputs, they look like this:

=indirect("col6" & "_" & col7 & "_" & col8 & "_" & col9) 

(another named range, for example: al_xlpe_duct_3; of which there may be 4!)

There are several issues that I am facing:

  • Since databases can expand at any time, for checklists consisting of more than 4 entries, 4 are required! named range changes.
  • Data validation is easily lost (main problem)
  • I can not limit copying and pasting, since most of my users will paste data from other sheets (Cant use import, because the columns will never be fixed)
  • I cannot use lists, since any number of data lines can be entered, and I need a choice in each line
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  |         A          |         B          |         C          |
--+--------------------+--------------------+--------------------+    
 1|Permitted           |Conditions -------------->               |
 2|C=V1|V2|V3|V4       |                    |                    |
 3|D=V5                |C=V1|V2             |                    |
 4|D=V6                |C=V3|V4             |                    |
 5|E=V7|V8             |D=V5                |C=V1                |
 6|E=V9|V10            |D=V5                |C=V2                |
 7|E=V11|V12           |D=V6                |C=V3                |
 8|E=V13|V14           |D=V6                |C=V4                |

2 , C V1 V2 V3 V4.

3 , D V5, C V1 V2.

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5 , E V7 V8, D V5, C V1.

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Rules per Column table 
C RR RR                = Column   First rule   Last rule
3  1  1
4  2  3
5  4  7

, , 3 (C), 4 (D) 5 ​​(E). , 3 (C) 1 - 1, 5 (E) 4 7.

Rule table              
I VV VV CC CC   = Index   First value   Last value   First condition   Last condition
1  1  4  1  0 
2  5  5  1  1 
3  8  8  2  2 
4 11 12  3  4 
5 15 16  5  6 
6 19 20  7  8 
7 23 24  9 10 

1 1 - 0, . 1 4 (V1, V2, V3 V4) . 2 .

4 11 12 (V7 V8) , 3-4. 3 , 4 (D) 13 (V5) . 4 , 3 (C) 14 (V1) . 5 .

Condition table
 I C VV VV          = Index   Column   First value   Last value
 1 3  6  7
 2 3  9 10
 3 4 13 13
 4 3 14 14
 5 4 17 17
 6 3 18 18
 7 4 21 21
 8 3 22 22
 9 4 25 25
10 3 26 26

Value table                 Entries 1 to 26
E 1=V1  E 2=V2  E 3=V3  E 4=V4  E 5=V5  E 6=V1  E 7=V2  E 8=V6  E 9=V3  E10=V4   
E11=V7  E12=V8  E13=V5  E14=V1  E15=V9  E16=V10 E17=V5  E18=V2  E19=V11 E20=V12  
E21=V6  E22=V3  E23=V13 E24=V14 E25=V6  E26=V4

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Option Explicit

  Type typColRule      ' Definition of entry in Rules per Column table 
    InxRule1 As Long   ' Index of first rule for this column. ) InxRule1 > InxRuleL 
    InxRuleL As Long   ' Index of last rule for this column.  ) if no rules for column
  End Type
  Type typRule         ' Definition of Rule table 
    InxValue1 As Long  ' Index of first permitted value for this rule
    InxValueL As Long  ' Index of last permitted value for this rule
    InxCond1 As Long   ' Index of first condition for this column. ) InxCond1 > InxCondL 
    InxCondL As Long   ' Index of last rule for this column.       ) if no rules for column
  End Type
  Type typCond         ' Definition of Condition table
    Col As Long        ' Column to which this condition applies
    InxValue1 As Long  ' Index of first permitted value for this condition
    InxValueL As Long  ' Index of last permitted value for this condition
  End Type

  ' ColRule is sized to (Min to Max) where Min is the lowest column validated
  ' and Max is the highest column validated.  ColRule(N).InxRule1 identifies
  ' the first rule in Rule for column N.  ColRule(N).InsRuleL identifies the
  ' last rule in Rule for column N.
  Dim ColRule() As typColRule

  ' There is one entry in Rule per validation row in worksheet "Validate".
  Dim Rule() As typRule

  ' There is one entry in ValueCell per value referenced in a permitted or
  ' a condition.
  Dim ValueCell() As String

  ' There is one entry in Cond per condition in worksheet "Validate"
  Dim Cond() As typCond

Sub CompileValidation()

  Dim ColCodeCrnt As String
  Dim ColNumCrnt As String
  Dim ColValCrnt As Long
  Dim ColValidateCrnt As Long
  Dim ColValMin As Long
  Dim ColValMax As Long
  Dim ConditionCrnt As String
  Dim InxCondCrnt As Long
  Dim InxRuleCrnt As Long
  Dim InxValueCellCrnt As Long
  Dim InxValueListCrnt As Long
  Dim NumCond As Long
  Dim NumValue As Long
  Dim PermittedCrnt As String
  Dim PosEqual As Long
  Dim RowValidateCrnt As Long
  Dim ValueList() As String

  With Worksheets("Validate")

    ' Determine the size of the arrays to which information will be
    ' compiled.  Find
    '   * The minimum and maximum columns subject to validated
    '   * Number of conditions
    '   * Number of values references
    ' This routine does not allow for blank rows or columns in the
    ' middle of worksheet "Validate".
    ColValMin = -1
    ColValMax = -1
    NumCond = 0
    NumValue = 0
    RowValidateCrnt = 2
    Do While True
      PermittedCrnt = .Cells(RowValidateCrnt, 1).Value
      If PermittedCrnt = "" Then
        Exit Do
      End If
      PosEqual = InStr(1, PermittedCrnt, "=")
      Debug.Assert PosEqual > 1
      ' Determine range of columns validated
      ColCodeCrnt = Mid(PermittedCrnt, 1, PosEqual - 1)
      ColNumCrnt = Range(ColCodeCrnt & "1").Column
      If ColValMin = -1 Then
        ColValMin = ColNumCrnt
      ElseIf ColValMin > ColNumCrnt Then
        ColValMin = ColNumCrnt
      End If
      If ColValMax = -1 Then
        ColValMax = ColNumCrnt
      ElseIf ColValMax < ColNumCrnt Then
        ColValMax = ColNumCrnt
      End If
      ' Determine number of conditions and number of values
      ValueList = Split(Mid(PermittedCrnt, PosEqual + 1), "|")
      NumValue = NumValue + UBound(ValueList) - LBound(ValueList) + 1
      ColValidateCrnt = 2
      Do While True
        ConditionCrnt = .Cells(RowValidateCrnt, ColValidateCrnt).Value
        If ConditionCrnt = "" Then
          Exit Do
        End If
        PosEqual = InStr(1, ConditionCrnt, "=")
        Debug.Assert PosEqual > 1
        ValueList = Split(Mid(ConditionCrnt, PosEqual + 1), "|")
        NumValue = NumValue + UBound(ValueList) - LBound(ValueList) + 1
        ColValidateCrnt = ColValidateCrnt + 1
      Loop
      NumCond = NumCond + ColValidateCrnt - 2
      RowValidateCrnt = RowValidateCrnt + 1
    Loop

    ' Size arrays
    ReDim ColRule(ColValMin To ColValMax)
    ReDim Rule(1 To RowValidateCrnt - 2)
    ReDim ValueCell(1 To NumValue)
    ReDim Cond(1 To NumCond)

    InxRuleCrnt = 0
    InxValueCellCrnt = 0
    InxCondCrnt = 0

    ' Extract rules in column number order
    For ColValCrnt = ColValMin To ColValMax
      ' The first rule for this column, if any, will be the
      ' next entry in the Rule table
      ColRule(ColValCrnt).InxRule1 = InxRuleCrnt + 1
      ' If there are no rules for this column, the last rule index
      ' will be less than the first rule undex
      ColRule(ColValCrnt).InxRuleL = InxRuleCrnt
      RowValidateCrnt = 2
      Do While True
        PermittedCrnt = .Cells(RowValidateCrnt, 1).Value
        If PermittedCrnt = "" Then
          Exit Do
        End If
        PosEqual = InStr(1, PermittedCrnt, "=")
        ColCodeCrnt = Mid(PermittedCrnt, 1, PosEqual - 1)
        ColNumCrnt = Range(ColCodeCrnt & "1").Column
        If ColNumCrnt = ColValCrnt Then
          ' This rule is for the current column
          InxRuleCrnt = InxRuleCrnt + 1
          ' This could be the last rule for this column so
          ' store its index against the column
          ColRule(ColValCrnt).InxRuleL = InxRuleCrnt
          ' The first value for this rule will be the next
          ' entry in the Value table
          Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxValue1 = InxValueCellCrnt + 1
          ValueList = Split(Mid(PermittedCrnt, PosEqual + 1), "|")
          ' Save each permitted value in the Value table
          For InxValueListCrnt = LBound(ValueList) To UBound(ValueList)
            InxValueCellCrnt = InxValueCellCrnt + 1
            ValueCell(InxValueCellCrnt) = ValueList(InxValueListCrnt)
          Next
          ' Record the index of the last permitted value for this rule
          Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxValueL = InxValueCellCrnt
          ' The first condition for this rule, if any, will be the next
          ' entry in the Condition table
          Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxCond1 = InxCondCrnt + 1
          ' If there are no conditions for this rule, the last condition
          ' index will be less than the first condition undex
          Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxCondL = InxCondCrnt
          ColValidateCrnt = 2
          Do While True
            ConditionCrnt = .Cells(RowValidateCrnt, ColValidateCrnt).Value
            If ConditionCrnt = "" Then
              Exit Do
            End If
            InxCondCrnt = InxCondCrnt + 1
            PosEqual = InStr(1, ConditionCrnt, "=")
            ColCodeCrnt = Mid(ConditionCrnt, 1, PosEqual - 1)
            ColNumCrnt = Range(ColCodeCrnt & "1").Column
            ' Store the column for this condition
            Cond(InxCondCrnt).Col = ColNumCrnt
            ' The first value for this condition will be the next
            ' entry in the Value table
            Cond(InxCondCrnt).InxValue1 = InxValueCellCrnt + 1
            ValueList = Split(Mid(ConditionCrnt, PosEqual + 1), "|")
            For InxValueListCrnt = LBound(ValueList) To UBound(ValueList)
              InxValueCellCrnt = InxValueCellCrnt + 1
              ValueCell(InxValueCellCrnt) = ValueList(InxValueListCrnt)
            Next
            ' Record last value for this condition
            Cond(InxCondCrnt).InxValueL = InxValueCellCrnt
            ColValidateCrnt = ColValidateCrnt + 1
          Loop
          ' Record last condition for this rule
          Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxCondL = InxCondCrnt
        End If
        RowValidateCrnt = RowValidateCrnt + 1
      Loop
    Next
  End With

  Debug.Print "    Rules per Column table"
  Debug.Print "    C RR RR"
  For ColValCrnt = ColValMin To ColValMax
    Debug.Print "    " & ColValCrnt & " " & _
                Right(" " & ColRule(ColValCrnt).InxRule1, 2) & " " & _
                Right(" " & ColRule(ColValCrnt).InxRuleL, 2)
  Next
  Debug.Print
  Debug.Print "    Rule table"
  Debug.Print "    I VV VV CC CC"
  For InxRuleCrnt = 1 To UBound(Rule)
    Debug.Print "    " & InxRuleCrnt & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxValue1, 2) & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxValueL, 2) & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxCond1, 2) & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Rule(InxRuleCrnt).InxCondL, 2) & " "
  Next
  Debug.Print
  Debug.Print "    Condition table"
  Debug.Print "     I C VV VV"
  For InxCondCrnt = 1 To UBound(Cond)
    Debug.Print "    " & Right(" " & InxCondCrnt, 2) & " " & _
                         Cond(InxCondCrnt).Col & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Cond(InxCondCrnt).InxValue1, 2) & " " & _
                         Right(" " & Cond(InxCondCrnt).InxValueL, 2)
  Next
  Debug.Print
  Debug.Print "    Value table"
  Debug.Print "    ";
  For InxValueCellCrnt = 1 To UBound(ValueCell)
    Debug.Print "E" & Right(" " & InxValueCellCrnt, 2) & "=" & _
                Left(ValueCell(InxValueCellCrnt) & "    ", 5);
    If (InxValueCellCrnt Mod 10) = 0 Then
      Debug.Print
      Debug.Print "    ";
    End If
  Next

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