Dynamically Build Tables

Question

I've looked through the forums and found a lot of previous posts regarding dynamic spreadsheets, but I don't think any of them worked quite like this (although I could be wrong).
I have a master table that lists a bunch of items and each item has several columns with information describing that item. For example: Row 1-Ball, Small, Blue, Smooth. Row 2-Cube, Medium, Red, Textured. And so on... This table is not complete and as time goes on I'll have more items to add to it.
Now here's the tricky part: I have other tables that I would like to have their contents build as I add items to the master table. So, when I add Row 3 for a Cylinder the other tables will automatically add the new item to themselves, perform the functions I have laid out, and sort accordingly.
Thank you for your help with this.

Answer 1

dcifanatic05 wrote:
Perhaps I'm not properly understanding the solution, but I think mine differs from these examples. Both of these examples are looking for subsets of items from their master tables (only plants with these characteristics or only students from this group). I am looking to have additional tables that still list every single item (ball, cylinder, square), but not all of the fields.
At its most basic, using labels in the header cells of Table 1 for:
"Item" (Column B), "Size" (C), "Colour" (D), "Surface" (E),
the formulas for Table 2, showing only:
"Item" in column B and "Colour) in column C
B: =Table 1::B
C: =Table 1::D
In this form, Table 2 will shot the item name and colour in rows where such information has been entered in Table 1 and zeroes in rows where the data has not yet been entered.
This variation will suppress the zeroes, leaving blank cells in rows where there's no data in Table 1.
B: =IF(LEN(Table 1::B)>0,Table 1::B,"")
Items on Table 2 will be listed in the same order as on Table 1.
Regards,
Barry