A lookup column is a SharePoint list column that retrieves its available values from another list in the SharePoint site.

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Self Referencing Related Documents Library Through Lookup Column

I am trying to create a single document library that links to documents in the same library in SharePoint 2010 Server. I've created a multi-value lookup column that references the same library to ...
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BDC List column picker filter - search/filter not working and exact entry says not found?

I'm working with MOSS 2007. Rephrasing the question. I have a BDC column to an external datasource in a custom list. Today searching and filtering is not in place and actually exact matches are not ...
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Why does SPMetal ignore lookup columns in Farm Solution

I have content types and related lists (via lookup columns) in a Sandbox solution(wsp). All my lookup column relationships come up fine in the SPMetal generated entity classes. I now have a ...
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Cross site cross database lookup field SP2010

SiteCollection 1 in ContentDB 1 has List 1 with custom lookup field. This lookup field returns all text fields from any selected list in a site collection specified. Each site collection is in a ...
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How to retrieve documents from list?

I created a simple Custom List in WSS3. I also created a Document Library with an additional column field which is a lookup to the Custom List that I created before. Now when I am on the Custom List ...
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Retrieve reference for list from Lookupfield

I have a sharepoint 2007 and in a document library eventhandler: in ItemUpdating, i would like to be able to retrieve the value by id's from lookupfield. So with other words i have to get the ...
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Include additional fields with Person Site Column

When I create a column of type Lookup, there is a section at the bottom labeled "Add a column to show each of these additional fields:" I want to do this same thing with a Person column. It seems ...
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Lookup Column Values With and Without ID;# in SPD with DVWPs

I see this difference when I'm working with lists in Data View Web Parts and manipulating the values in XSL. Why do some Lookup column values look like '1;#text' and others just have the text? I've ...
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Retrieving the SPLookupFieldCollection with particular ID's

The situation is following: I have this kind of string = 58;#value;#59;#value2;#60;#value3;.... So as you see this is just if i do: SPFieldLookupValueCollection collection= new ...
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not all columns appearing in edit in datasheet

I have a customized work order view with the following fields: ID#, Title, Assigned To, Client, Status, Priority, Due Date, +8 other fields When I got to Edit in Datasheet, the Client field doesn't ...
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Disable lookup item link

I am looking for how to disable a link of lookup field i.e. when a user clicks on lookup item of source list it opens Target list instead of opening source list even though he was selecting an item ...
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Invalid Look up Value . A look up field contains invalid data

I have a multi select Lookup column . I have to populate values to the lookup column from another column on a button click. I achieved it using below code but when i try to click ok/save it is ...
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Copy lookup value from one list to another with SPD workflow

I have two lists and a workflow that copies items from list A, if they get approved, to list B. Problem is that a field in list A uses a lookup list, if I select Dog in the Field Animal and save the ...
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When deploying a site from custom site template, one lookup column in doclib has empty values for Office 2010 (docx, xlsx, pptx) files

I'm deploying sites using a custom site template (WSP) that is: Saved as WSP from customized Team Site Deployed as Farm Solution Has lists, libraries with content customized in Visual Studio ...
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set or update multiple values cascading lookup field using client object model

I'm struggling since a couple of weeks with setting a multiple values cascading lookup field using a client object model, I could set the first value but then It show me an error of invalid lookup ...
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How to update metadata?

I have following code (didn't list the whole code) behind a button on a InfoPath Managed Form. and it works meaning I can submit data to a list. Now I have 2 controls on the form that is ...
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How to sort SharePoint 2010 lookup combobox?

I have a lookup combobox whose source is another SharePoint list. By default, this combobox items are sorted by word order but I want to sort this items with another/custom order. How can I do this? ...
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Binding lookup fields to document library template

I have features that define site content types and a document library template that uses these content types. Now, when I create a document library from the template, all the content types appear ...
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SharePoint Online - Use Site Column Lookup Value In Workflow

I am trying to generate a unique ID for items in a document library based on values from other fields. I have several lists located at the root of my site, and have created lookup site columns for ...
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How to create a lookup field that has a list column picker

How would I be able to create a list field in VS that would be a lookup to select columns from any list? I would preferably like to have something like the PickerTreeView.aspx, but instead of ...
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Add multiple items a SharePoint list

I am creating a suggestion list using SharePoint 2010 custom list. My issue is I want to give the login user the ability to add others users to the form. I am thinking of doing a parent Child ...
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Lookup field two projects

I've got two Sandbox Solution projects in visual studio that I want to use in SharePoint online. The first project has a list and a lookupfield. The other project has an other list and I want to use ...
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Lookup Field programmatically in FeatureActivated

I've created a lookup field programmatically in the featureactivated method. This is the code snippet. public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties) { using (SPWeb ...
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List view group by Lookup field only grouping by string value of Lookup, ignoring ID part

I have custom lookup field of my custom list definition: <Field Name="MyLink"...Type="Lookup" Mult="FALSE" ShowField="Title"../> Then I have list view in SharePoint Foundation 2010, created ...
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Extending Content Types from Content Type Hub

I have defined a content type in content type hub. I would like to use this content type on a site (other than the hub) but also to extend it with an additional (lookup) column. Is it possible to do ...
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Is it possible in LINQ to SharePoint

I have a task to make a WSP, which should provide definitions of custom list and library, but not instances. List definition has a lookup column to library item <Field ...
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Default null value to a required Lookup Column

The title pretty well speaks for what I need. I have a lookup column on a list, getting data from a custom existing site column i created. I need it be null by default so they get an error if they ...
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Filter a parent list by a particular child list item's lookup field value

I have two lists, Activities and Objectives. The Activities list has a multi-value lookup field that references the Objectives list. I am trying to create a filtered view on the Objectives list that, ...
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In a DVWP my Multilookup column is not returning IDs, only column values

I've added a DVWP to a page. The DVWP shows data from a list with a multi value lookup column. The value returned for this column is in the form: value1;value2;value3. Now I want to render this ...
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Get value from drop down using jQuery (lookup column)

I feel like this should be an easy one but am having trouble finding the answer here and via Google. Using jQuery, how do I retrieve the currently selected value from a dropdown in an ...
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Document Information Panel contacted a data source but failed to receive data. The form will load without the requested data

The query cannot be run for the following DataObject: list_48985ACC-FDDD-4732-AA48-078CFE123F35 Document Information Panel cannot run the specified query. The SOAP response indicates that an error ...
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Modifying XSL for multi lookup field

I'm trying to create custom XSLT for a multi lookup field, based on this article. When changing disable-output-escaping to yes I can see the html I want to modyify: <a ...
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Find all lists that look up a Contacts list

I have a Contacts list in my site collection, and it is used in lookup columns by multiple other lists. Is there an easy way to get all the lists that have a lookup column pointing to the Contacts ...
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Lookup column automatic selection in list form upon adding new item

I have a site page with two related lists, this relation being established via the webpart option "insert related list", and I'm using ID column in my child list as the lookup column. The child list ...
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Creating Word document with tables from template

I found this blogpost about automatically creating Word documents from a list item using workflows in SP2010. ...
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Why is the associated lookup field not on the dispform.aspx?

I have three lists: Events (calendar) Customer1 (custom list from scratch) Customer2 (custom list from template) When I added the lookup of Customer1's ID and added the associated field "Title," ...
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quick way to access splistitem in different list?

I have 2 lists: listA and listB listA has 2 fields: Title (text) PortalID (text) listB has 3 fields: Title (text), listAField(lookup to listA Title field) UserID (text) I have a UserID value ...
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Access additional user information column keyed by “Created By” in SPD workflow

In SharePoint Foundation 2013, I would like to create a SPD list workflow that takes different action based on the value of a custom column in the User Information List (keyed by who created the list ...
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Lookup Field searchbar

I have this lookup field which is coupled to a customlist of artists. I use this lookup field as a column for another list. So when someone creates a listitem in this second list he or she can choose ...
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Restricting number of selections on a multiple lookup column

How can I restrict the number of values a user can select from a lookup column? It doesn't seem to have the same column validation settings as some of the other column types. I only want a user to be ...
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Grouping in lookup multi

I have Lookup field in the list, with multiple choice. On NewForm I have JS code which groups items in 2 listboxes of this field (SelectCandidate and SelectResult). Problem: I need to group items ...
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List GetRelatedFields() returns field ID that doesn't exists in dependant list

I have got list item exception. [ArgumentException: Invalid Field Name.] [ArgumentException: Invalid Field Name. {01b89bed-bbe3-4bcb-9b92-c64183ffe135} /Lists/AcceptanceAgreements] ...
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Issue with lookup column in subsite

I add lookup columns with a elements.xml file and like everyone else I had issues with them once deployed, i.e. "Get information from:" was empty for the lookup list. I found ...
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Filter a CQWP on a Lookup Column

I'm creating a custom page layout that contains a CQWP that I'd like to display documents related to the page. The document library has a lookup column that relates to the page title in the Pages ...
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Possible to lookup a Sharepoint list in Access?

I am trying to make a very large list of records with about 1,000 items or more added monthly, and I was told that it would be better to use an Access table instead of a Sharepoint list for so many ...
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Use JS to add new list item with lookup where multiple items in lookup list have same title

I'm trying to add a new ListItem using the client object model. Scenario: List I am adding to has Title, Team (lookup) and Date fields. The list that contains the teams has Team Name, Department and ...
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access additional lookup fields using JavaScript and CSOM

In visual studio I have added lookup field (SubMenuItemIdRefTitle) to list definition listA that references ListB. I have also added <ViewFields> <FieldRef ...
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Adding the other fields in addtional to lookup field in CAML

I have a custom field definition in VS2010 that contains a lookup field (Title). All is well and I can use the Title ref to add items in the SharePoint list UI. in the instance UI, I can also check ...
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How to call a c# method in my XSL File

I have two lists Client and Project, each Client has from 0 to N Project stocked in his SPLookupField where multi values are allowed. And I created a new computed Column in the Client List where it ...
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Calculated columns supporting all column types

I would like to develop a column which will allow the end user to do the calculations based on values of other columns of the same item (SharePoint 2010). I need it to work also with people, look up ...

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