importing range from another book using data validation in google sheets

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I want a drop-down list here :

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But the range is in another book called : sheet with range

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I've tried to use data validation with "IMPORTRANGE" without success , making the following:

=IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A8v4TEgibkesX729YcjEDn8RkcogutT_8pgIkggaBfI/edit#gid=0", "Hoja 1!A1:A5)

I get the following :

https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qfJw.png

1 Answers

this is not possible. you need to import your list in some column first (you can hide it in 3 ways) and only then you can create your dropdown

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