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I have 2 lists Child and Parent inside a SharePoint online site, where the child list has a lookup field to the parent list. Currently the parent list has 8,000++ items as follow:-

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so now when i create a new child record the parent lookup field will show this error:-

This is a lookup column that displays data from another list that currently exceeds the List View Threshold defined by the administrator (5000).

as follow:-

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so to overcome this error is it fine if i remove the parent lookup field from the child list, and just store the parent id inside a numeric field?

Any idea on this please?

thanks

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As per my test, if you index the source column in the Parent list, although the error message still prmopts, you can select value in the Parent field of Child list and save the new item normally to the Child list.

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    you mean i need to Index the Lookup field inside the child ?or i need to index the parent record? if you mean the parent record then which column i need to index the Id or the title or all the fields.. can you advice more please.. thanks
    – John John
    Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 21:16
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    Index the column where the column named Parent look up from. Go to the edit column pages, see what you selected under "In this column". Index the column you selected under "In this column".
    – Allen_MSFT
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 7:44
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    yes i already indexed the title field inside the parent list + the lookup field inside the child list.. the lookup field inside the child list references parent's Title field. but i am still getting the same error...
    – John John
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 12:04
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    As per my test, the error message still exists, but I can select value in the lookup field and save item to list normally.
    – Allen_MSFT
    Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 1:18
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    Yes correct seems it will work is we use the SharePoint built-in forms, but it will not work if we use the power apps customized forms
    – John John
    Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 13:16
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To resolve this issue you need to make the parent column(which is acting as lookup column in child) as index column. So Let's say, The 'Title' column from parent list is created as lookup column in the child list so you have to make the 'Title' column in the Parent list as Index column.

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    yes i already indexed the title field inside the parent list + the lookup field inside the child list.. the lookup field inside the child list references parent's Title field. but i am still getting the same error...
    – John John
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 12:05
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    The error message will be there but you once you start typing the value in the lookup field, you will get the autosuggestion dropdown.
    – Harminder Singh
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 12:36
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    this is not the case in my case... i tried using Power app custom form and the SharePoint built-in modern list form and the classic list form... and i am unable to add the lookup field
    – John John
    Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 15:06

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