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Regarding List View Threshold limits (LVT), I have done a lot reading and I am starting to wonder even with indexed columns will our current system scale?

What happens if we have a list called Clients and it has 15000 active clients & 3000 inactive clients (18000 items).

  1. How do I display this data to my users without getting a threshold error?
  2. How will exceeding the LVT affect other lists with Lookup columns pointing at the Clients list?
  3. Will a lookup be fine or will it through its own error too or only views on the Clients list itself will require filtering?

Server: SharePoint Foundation 2013 Note: Need a solution that can be done via the web UI or SharePoint Designer. I am not a programmer.

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  • Maybe this could help : sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/114331/… , fyi SharePoint Online does not let you change the limit.
    – P Clegg
    Commented Aug 15, 2017 at 20:48
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    I have read similar posts on many sites, I currently have columns indexed and views filtering. But I have had other lists that exceed the LVT with views that are filtering on index columns have issues that restrict further manual filtering by the user, eg People fields. I am creating a test list to see what issue can happen with Lookups to that list.
    – SA-KRP
    Commented Aug 15, 2017 at 22:31
  • I want to follow this because of the reference to lookup columns.
    – S. Walker
    Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 0:25
  • Well as soon as my list exceeded the LVT the lookup column pointing to that list produces the standard error in place of the dropdown. "This is a lookup column that displays data from another list that currently exceeds the List View Threshold... " This definitely presents a problem as our Clients list is growing and we are already over the LVT of 5000 but we have increased it for other reasons and I don't want to continue with that approach.
    – SA-KRP
    Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 17:04
  • So that adds a new question to my original, how do you work with a large list not only to present the all the relevant data for staff to look at as well as overcome LVT with lookup fields? PS am I using these comments right by adding to them as I did above? I don't want to imply an answer by using the "Answer Your Question" button below.
    – SA-KRP
    Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 17:06

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