Dependent Drop-Lists

[RyanShorette]

Hello,

I am rather inexperienced with LabVIEW and am currently trying to re-create a handful of dependent drop-lists, or whatever the LabVIEW equivalent is. I've managed the design in Excel, but the final product is to be made using LabVIEW, which I've been struggling with. 

For context, I want to be able to initially select Item A or Item B. If I selected Item A, then in my next drop-list, I have the options of Items C, D, and E. If I selected Item B, I have the options of Item F, G, and H. 

I've been trying to mess around with text/menu ring indicators, case structures, while loops, among others to no avail. I want to point out that the goal is to be able to select from a drop-list as much as possible. This is supposed to be a template that others can use to quickly fill out, so it shouldn't involve much additional work besides the initial configuration.

If this is possible, please let me know.

Thank you kindly,

Ryan

[JÞB]

Show us a few screenshots of what you want to duplicate from Excel or even a short Jing showing the user interaction.

We need the "User Story" clearer than I can guess from just words.

[altenbach]

Use rings and change the strings (or strings/values) of the second ring based on the value of the first ring. See if this recent discussion can give you some ideas.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

See if this can give you some ideas.

(Of course if the number of strings of the second ring can vary, you would use a ragged 2D array. (example))

[RyanShorette]

This was a great help, thank you.