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i have come across a scenario where i should update lookup field value from single line text field in the same list (lookup field used for splitting text/string).

Is this possible to update the lookup field using workflow in the same list..

i have tried using spd 2010 workflow,

ListA has 2 fields, Destinations (Single line text) and Destinations1 (lookup field mapped to ID of same list),

Here i need to update Destinations1 with user input values from Destinations using workflow.

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We are not able to use workflow to update the Lookup type of column value with the text column value.

Update:

Since the value of Lookup column formats as ID + ;# + lookup text value, if we don't change the type of lookup, we cannot change the value based on a text column.

Besides, since the lookup column get information from another column, if the text value is not including in this column, it will not get the information.

The workaround I can give is change the lookup column type.

Update:

We can create a workflow as below to update lookup column based on a text column:

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My List1 is the list which lookup column get information from, Title is the column which lookup column get information from, field2 is the Single line text column.

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  • if not, can i have alternative solution. Maybe using 2 lists
    – Sudhir
    Dec 2, 2019 at 8:36
  • Hi Sudhir, I update my reply, check it.
    – Hellofiona_MSFT
    Dec 2, 2019 at 9:18
  • Hi Hellofiona, Can i use two lists A and B and update lookup field (since i need this for splitting the text ;Delimited Text).
    – Sudhir
    Dec 2, 2019 at 9:27
  • sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/165456/… please check this link, there are similar queries and have been solved but are not clear. Can you help to solve
    – Sudhir
    Dec 17, 2019 at 5:33
  • Hi Sudhir, based on the link you provide, I update my reply, check if it helps.
    – Hellofiona_MSFT
    Dec 17, 2019 at 6:46

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