Find Field on Forms of related lookup columns

Dear SharePoint Comunity
I created several lists in SharePoint 2013 and link the Information using lookup columns. However, if a list has over 100 entries it is almost impossible to work with the resulting Dropdown fields. I researched quite a bit and found only solution to
provide filtered or cascading Dropdowns. Since there is nothing I can filter i would prefer an Option to have a find field, similar to one where i find People in SharePoint lists, to select the list value.
Many thanks you for you advice!
Peter

Hi Alex,
I gave yor Suggestion a shot. I don't think it is what I Need. Let me explain what I am trying to accomplish in SharePoint. We want to make a small B2C CRM tool. Basically I have a list of leads, contacts, companies, Tasks and calendar entries. The lead
list is the main source if Information. I want to link the contacts and companies to leads and leads to Tasks and calendar entries. I created custom Display forms to Show all related Tasks and calendar entries when I Display a lead and I see all related leads
when I Display a contanct.Everything works fine. With a growing number of entries in all those lists, the Dropdown fields with the lead titles cannot be handeled any longer.
Thanks for you Support!
Peter

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Filtering on lookup columns: wrong behavior with indexed columns!

Hi.
I already posted related problems. As one of my customers get other problems, I come back with my philosophical threads...
So: got a first parent list; a child list referencing parent list using 'X' lookup column.
If I got X indexed: filtering the child list on a value may give me several identical lines if child element has versions...
Other problem: I am not able to filter a view if the field is performed on a lookup linked to a calculated column (no result).
Has someone a solution for these 2 topics?

Hi,
Would you mind providing more details about your first question? I’m not quite clear about how to reproduce the issue in my environment.
For the second question, we can reproduce this issue in a similar way.
It seems that lookup on calculated column will cause some unknown issue and there are no workarounds at this moment.
If there is a real need to filter the Lookup column, maybe we can find other workarounds instead of using Lookup column refer to the Calculated column according to the specific
business requirement.
What’s more, if you have several questions to ask, I suggest you post them into every single
thread to make others easier to focus on one question in one thread.
Best regards
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support

Lookup Column name

Hi All
I am new to OIM.
Can anyone tell me what is the difference between Lookup Column Name and Column Name property of a lookup field while writing lookup query?

Hi,
Lets take an example here in the post given below.
Re: Conditional forms
Column Captions = Codigo,Descripcion
Column Names = CDG_UNDD_ADM,DSCRPCN_UNDD_ADM
Column Widths = 10,200
Lookup Query = SELECT CDG_UNDD_ADM, DSCRPCN_UNDD_ADM FROM OIM_V_SAS_UNIDAD_ADM WHERE OIM_V_SAS_UNIDAD_ADM.CDG_CMPN = '$Form data.UD_SAS_01_CD_COMPANIA$'
Lookup Column Name = CDG_UNDD_ADM
Lookup Column Name will be the value which will get populated in database after you submit the form.
Column Names is the name of column you selecting.It will be also used when you are try to filter the value in lookup.
Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regards
Nitesh

How to Prevent duplicates on Combination of Lookup columns in sharepoint 2010 using infopath 2010 form.

Hi All,
I have list with some Lookup columns like City, Pin, and Text Column Name. All these are required columns.
Now I want to prevent duplicates while submitting InfoPath form if a Combination of City,Pin & Name. (like a Composite primary in Database is used.)
Can some one help me on how to achieve this using InfoPath 2010 Rules, writing rule in Xpath.
Thanks in Advance.

1. Add a secondary data connection to the list where the form will be submitted.
2. Prior to submit via rules, set the query fields in the above connection: City, Pin & Name with values entered in the form. Query the data source and check if the result has values.
3. Show error messages accordingly if exists else continue with Submit.
This post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Slalom.

Auto populate list form based on lookup field

I have a SharePoint list form.
When a user is filling out a new form I would like them to select from a lookup list. The list that is being used for the lookup has two columns a name and a web address. Once the end user selects the name from the dropdown list I
would like the URL to display and alow then to click on it.
I am quite proficient with SharePoint and SharePoint Designer but I am not a developer so please draw the dots close together :)
Thank you

Unfortunately i am not in position to write full solution at this moment but you might take a loot at this link to get value from list using jquery:
http://spjsblog.com/2010/02/26/display-information-from-another-list-based-on-a-lookup-column-connection/
Just try it out and let us know in case you get any error.
Hemendra:Yesterday is just a memory,Tomorrow we may never see
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[Forum FAQ] SharePoint 2013: Extracting values from a multi-value enabled lookup column and merge values to a multi-value enabled column

For some business requirements, users want to extract values from a multi-value enabled lookup column
and add items to another list based on each separate value. In contrast, others want to find duplicate values in the list and merge associated values to a multi-value enabled column and then
add items to another list based on the merged value. All of these can be achieved using SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow.
How to extract values from a multi-value enabled lookup column and add items to another list based
on each separate value using SharePoint Designer 2013.
Important actions: Loop Shape; Utility Actions
Three scenarios
Things to note
Steps to create Workflow
How to merge values to a multi-value enabled column and add item to another list based on the
merged value using SharePoint Designer 2013.
Important actions: Call HTTP Web Service; Build Dictionary
Things to note
Steps to create Workflow
How to
extract values from a multi-value enabled lookup column and
add items to another list based on each separate value using SharePoint Designer 2013.
For example, they have three lists as below. They want to
extract values from the Destinations column
in Lookup2 and add items to Lookup3 based on each country and set Title to current item: ID.
Lookup1:
Title (Single line of text)
Lookup2:
Title (Single line of text), Destinations (Lookup; Get information from: Lookup1 in Title column).\
Lookup3:
Title (Single line of text), Country (Single line of text).
Important action
1. Loop Shape: SharePoint Designer 2013 support two types of loops: loop n times and loop with condition.
Loops must also conform to the following rules:
Loops must be within a stage, and stages cannot be within a loop.
Steps may be within a loop.
Loops may have only one entry and one exit point.
2. Utility Actions: It contains many actions, such as ‘Extract Substring from Index of String’ and ‘Find substring in String’.
Three scenarios
We need to loop through the string returned from the look up column and look for commas. There are three
scenarios:
1. No comma but string is non-empty so there is only one country.
2. At least one comma so there is at least two or more countries to loop.
3. In the loop we have consumed all the commas so we have found the last country.
Things to note
There are two things to note:
1. "Find string in string (output to Variable:index)" will return -1 if doesn't find
the searched for string.
2. In the opening statement "Set Variable: Countries to Current Item:Destinations" set the return
field as "Lookup Values, Comma Delimited".
Steps to create Workflow
Create a custom list named Lookup1.
Create a custom list named Lookup2, add column: Destinations (Lookup; Get information from: Lookup1 in Title column).
Create a custom list named Lookup3, add column: Country (Single line of text).
Create a workflow associated to Lookup2.
Add conditions and actions:
Start the workflow automatically when an item is created.
Add item to Lookup2, then workflow will be started automatically and create multiple items to lookup3.
See the below in workflow History List:
How to merge values to a multi-value enabled column and add item to another list based on the
merged value using SharePoint Designer 2013
For example, they have three lists as below. They want to find duplicate values in the Title column in
Lookup3 and merge country column to a multi-value enabled column and then add item to lookup2 and set the Title to Current Item: Title.
Lookup1:
Title (Single line of text)
Lookup3:
Title (Single line of text), Country (Single line of text).
Lookup2:
Title (Single line of text), Test (Single line of text).
Important actions
"Call HTTP Web Service"
action: In SharePoint 2013 workflows, we can call a web service using a new action introduced in SharePoint 2013 named Call HTTP Web Service. This action
is flexible and allows you to make simple calls to a web service easily, or, if needed, you can create more complex calls using HTTP verbs as well as allowing you to add HTTP headers.
“Build Dictionary"
action:
The Dictionary variable type is a new variable type in the SharePoint 2013 Workflow.
The following are the three actions specifically designed for the Dictionary variable type: Build Dictionary, Count Items in a Dictionary and Get an Item from a Dictionary.
The "Call HTTP Web Service" workflow action would be useless without the new "Dictionary" workflow action.
Things to note
The
HTTP URI is set to https://sitename/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('listname')/items?$orderby=Id%20desc and the HTTP method is set to “GET”. Then the list will be sort by Id in descending order.
Use Get
d/results(0)/Id form
Variable: ResponseContent (Output to
Variable: maxid) to get the Max ID.
Use Set
Variable: minid to Current List:ID to get the Min ID.
Use Copy from
Variable: destianation , starting at
1 (Output to
Variable: destianation) to remove the space.
Steps to create Workflow
Create a custom list named Lookup1.
Create a custom list named Lookup2, add column: Test (Single line of text).
Create a custom list named Lookup3, add column: Country (Single line of text).
Create a workflow associated to Lookup3.
Add a new "Build Dictionary" action
to define the http request header:
Add a Call HTTP Web Serviceaction, click on
this and paste your http request.
To associate the
RequestHeader variable, select the Call action property,
set the
RequestHeaders property to
RequestHeader:
In the Call action, click on
response and associate the response to a new
variable: ResponseContent (of type Dictionary).
After the Call action add Get item from Dictionary action to get the Max ID.
Add Set Workflow Variable action to get the Min ID.
Add Loop Shape (Loop with Condition) to get all the duplicate titles and integrate them to a string.
Create item in Lookup2.
The final Stage should look like this:
Start the workflow automatically when an item is created.
Add item to Lookup3, then workflow will be started automatically and create item to lookup2.
See the below in workflow History List:
References
SharePoint Designer 2013 - Extracting values from a multi-value enabled lookup column into a dictionary as separate items:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/97d34468-1b53-4741-88b0-958472f8ca9a/sharepoint-designer-2013-extracting-values-from-a-multivalue-enabled-lookup-column-into-a
Workflow actions quick reference (SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164026.aspx
Understanding Dictionary actions in SharePoint Designer 2013:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj554504.aspx
Working with Web Services in SharePoint 2013 Workflows using SharePoint Designer 2013:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn567558.aspx
Calling the SharePoint 2013 Rest API from a SharePoint Designer Workflow:
http://sergeluca.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/calling-the-sharepoint-2013-rest-api-from-a-sharepoint-designer-workflow/

GREAT info, but it may be helpful to note that when replacing a portion of the variable "Countries" with a whitespace character, you may cause the workflow to fail in a few specific cases (certain lookup fields will not accept this and will automatically
cancel). I only found this out when recreating your workflow on a similar, but much more complex list set.
To resolve this issue, I used another utility action (Extract Substring from Index of List) to clear out the whitespace. I configured it as "Copy from
Variable: Countries, starting at
1 (Output to Variable: Countries), which takes care of this issue in those few cases.
Otherwise, WOW! AWESOME JOB! Thanks! :)

Sort Order of Lookup Column

I have a list with look-up columns.
In particular, 'Market' is a look-up column, pulling the 'Title' column from a document library.
The issue I have is that the 'Market' look-up column contents are not listed in alphabetical order when selecting the menu to sort/filter, however, they are in alphabetical order
in the library they are being pulled from....
What controls the sort behavior of look-up column contents?
UPDATE: I have discovered that, by grouping the View by any column, the error disappears. Although this might be a work-around and provide context to an eventual solution, this is not a solution.
UPDATE 2: The key seems to be multi-value columns OR System Column (TYPE), require grouping to display sort order correctly.
Filtering by the type column (Type = xls ~ 7 items) does
NOT resolve the issue
Filtering by the type column (Type = xls ~ 7 items)
AND Grouping by
single-value lookup column (Year = 2012 ~4 items) does resolve the issue.
Filtering by a single-value lookup column (Year = 2012 ~ 1001 items) does resolve the issue
Filtering by a multi-value lookup column (Sector = Residential ~ 418 items) does
NOT resolve the issue
Filtering by a multi-value lookup column (Sector = Residential ~ 418 items)
AND Grouping by
single-value lookup column (Year = 2010 ~96 items) does resolve the issue.
- Rick

Here is a way that worked for me. I had a lookup column from a list to a document library. When I opened the form up it sorted by title. I created a new Data Connection in Infopath editing the list. When I created the Data connection
it gave me options which fields in the data connection and the ability to sort based on a field. I then just pointed my drop down list to point to the new data connection. This worked on ipad as well as IE9. No code required and my google
searching did not find this simple solution so putting here.

Weird lookup column issue

I have process that I setup to summarize a list in a lookup column in another list and to automatically generate emails based on the lookup column. I noticed that things weren't behaving quite as expected and after some extensive troubleshooting found that
the lookup column is not working as expected all the time. I will try to describe the setup in detail and the problem.
The Setup:
1) I have a list of many items, each of which will be marked with the date it is approved.
2) I have a workflow that runs each time an item is changed and will mark a column as Approved or Not Approved based on whether the date is blank or not.
3) I have another list with two items for Approved and Not Approved that has a lookup column (settings are StatusLookup (count related) in the column section) that sums the number of each of those from the first list.
4) Finally, I have a workflow on the second list that will set a counter and, for every 10 approvals, send an email with updated summary information from the second list.
Some details:
A) The StatusLookup field in the first workflow is the column that has Approved (2nd item in choice list) or Not Approved (1st item in choice list). This is why it is set to 2 or 1 respectively.
B) Initially, I learned that the changing lookup column was not something that could trigger a workflow, and therefore had to insert the step in the first workflow to update an item. This is simply a field called Trigger in the second list.
C) There is also a field called Counter in the second list that is updated with the email workflow. Once an email is sent, the counter is reset to 0.
D) You will see lots of logging going on. This was needed to track down what the issue was. I did get to learn how to pull the workflow history with all this which was nice to find.
The Problem:
I noticed that the Approval summary was not in increments of 10 in each email but was much less. I implemented all the logging and walked through it in the workflow history and discovered that, indeed 10 items were being Approved correctly and the counter was
behaving correctly. The problem was that the Approved count was not incrementing each time. For example I would see the counter go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 but the Approval count would go 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14. So the first email would
show Approved = 10 and the second email would show Approved = 14.
Now, whenever I go visually check the second list it is always correctly displaying the summarized count of Approvals.
So my question boils down to this; does a lookup column, such as I have, refresh in the background consistently or does it require the list to be viewed or refreshed somehow in order to contain the correct count? Would anyone know of a way to get around the
issue I am having?
Thanks.

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that the Approved count was not incrementing each time.
You need to change in the workflow on the second list.
If Current Item: Title
equals Approved
                Set
Vairiables: StatusChangeCount to
Current List:Counter
                then Calculate
Vairiables: StatusChangeCount
plus 1 (Output to
Vairiables:NewCount )
If Vairiables:NewCount
is greater than
10
                Email
Francisco Rodriguez
                Then set
Vairiables:NewCount to
1
                Then Update item in
Current Item
Then if the Approved count is greater than 10, the Current Item: Counter will be set to 1 and then calculate the Approved count again.
Here is a similar thread for your reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e2df1963-9c6c-4685-9c20-3b1197a78238/how-delete-old-item-in-a-list-and-insert-a-new-record-instead-with-the-updated-data-in-sharepoint?forum=sharepointcustomizationprevious
Best Regards,
Linda Li
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TechNet Community Support

Infopath display lookup column value

Hi
I have a Infopath 2010 form with which displays an employee record. Some of the columns are lookup from a sharepoint list.
How can I display the value of the lookup column instead of Id in the form.
The form has the main connection and the secondary connection for the lookup sharepoint lists.
The sharepoint lookup column is set to "Title" in additional column settings. Add a column to show each of the additional fields are all unchecked.
I searched google, but couldnt find an answer.
I tried to do the way described in http://sharepointsolutions.com/sharepoint-help/blog/2011/11/get-infopath-to-display-lookup-column-value-not-id/
But get error , since it works for repeated table.
Any Ideas?
Thanks
Venky

Hi Venky,
How did you create your look up column? Which column type is the column which your look up column looks for?
By my test, it is default behavior that the InfoPath form display the value of the lookup column.
Thanks,
Eric
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Reading values from lookup columns through custom workflow in SharePoint 2013

We are able to read the values of text, number columns through custom workflow (via coding) in SharePoint 2013. However, we are not able to read values from lookup columns. So, request anyone to provide help on this.
Thanks & regards,
Aditya

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to read values from lookup columns through custom workflow in SharePoint 2013.
Since the workflow just doesn't get lookup fields, let's give it something static to work with instead. If we can capture the ID of the lookup field and store that as a static value in our list, the workflow can happily use that to look up our related.
For more information, you can refer to:
SharePoint 2013 Workflows and Lookup Columns
Thanks,
Linda Li
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Is there a way to Insert Data into a Lookup Column Type on a SharePoint List Destination in SSIS?

Greetings.
I have successfully worked out inserting SQL data (2008 R2) into my 2010 SharePoint list (New, Update, Delete) by creating an SSIS Data Flow Task as outlined here:
http://fsugeiger.blogspot.com/2010/01/synchronise-sql-table-with-sharepoint.html
However, the problem I am running into is inserting data into the SharePoint Columns that are "Lookup" column types. I verified that all of the values I am copying from SQL into the SharePoint lookup column exist in the customn list it is pointing to. It
is important to have this column be a lookup column as it links to another custom list that has many more columns of related information.
I have read and re-read the SharePoint SSIS Adapters 2011.docx from
http://sqlsrvintegrationsrv.codeplex.com/ and the only section that seems to apply is this:
"Looking Up Values in a SharePoint List
If you have to look up a value in a SharePoint list, you can use the Lookup transformation in your data flow, and use the SharePoint List source to load the lookup table. You may have to add a Derived Column transformation or a Script component that splits
data in the lookup column on the ";#" delimiter to separate the ID value from the description.
If you are replacing values in your data with the values that you look up in the list, then loading the changed data back into SharePoint, you only have to include the ID from the lookup column. SharePoint ignores the description if you include it."
I am not sure if the above statement means that I should be passing the assocaited ID's other than the actual data into the SharePoint List destination. If that is the case, that will not really work as the lookup contains hundreds of rows. Not too mention
I have several of these lookup column types pointing to several different lists.
Any guidance in how I can put data into a SharePoint Lookup column type via Data Flow Task would be so much appreaciated.
Thank you.
My errors are:
Error: 0x0 at Data Flow Task, SharePoint List Destination: Error on row ID="1": 0x1 - Unspecified error, such as too many items being updated at once (batch), or an invalid core field value.
Error: 0xC0047062 at Data Flow Task, SharePoint List Destination [1903]: Microsoft.Samples.SqlServer.SSIS.SharePointListAdapters.PipelineProcessException: Errors detected in this component - see SSIS Errors at Microsoft.Samples.SqlServer.SSIS.SharePointListAdapters.SharePointListDestination.ProcessInput(Int32
inputID, PipelineBuffer buffer) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.HostProcessInput(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper100 wrapper, Int32 inputID, IDTSBuffer100 pDTSBuffer, IntPtr bufferWirePacket)
Error: 0xC0047022 at Data Flow Task, SSIS.Pipeline: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The ProcessInput method on component "SharePoint List Destination" (1903) failed with error code 0x80131500 while processing input "Component Input" (1912). The identified
component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will

I have found a solution to my problem and thought I would share it here in case there are others who are struggling with the above scenario. If you have a better way, I would love to hear about it since my way is a bit tedious.
In a nutshell, in order to have an SSIS package put data from an OLE DB Source into a SharePoint List Destination Lookup Column, you need to pass the ID of the value that is being looked up, not the value that is in the “master” OLE DB source.
Rough explanation, OLE DB Source value for column “Approp” is “4005” --> SQL matches “4005” with the ID in the new lookup table (“4005” = ID “5” as defined in the SharePoint lookup list) --> “5” gets passed into SharePoint List destination lookup
column --> SharePoint displays “4005” and successfully links to the lookup list.
Funny thing (not really), the error(s) outlined in my original post are not related in getting data into a SharePoint Lookup column as I am now successful in getting data into the system but I am still getting the same above error(s). I think it has to do
with the ID column in the SharePoint list destination. What I can’t seem to figure out is why since I am not linking any data to that ID column (at least on new records). I am however linking it on Update and Delete and the errors mentioned above disappear
and things work well.
There are three tasks that need to get done in order to get data from SQL into a SharePoint lookup column assuming you have already set up your SharePoint lookup lists:
1. Create new lookup table(s) in SQL that has the IDs from the SharePoint Lookup list and the values coming from the “master” OLD DB Source. You can see the ID column in SharePoint by toggling it on in a view.
2. Create a SQL command that JOINs all the databases and tables so that the ID is passed and not the value into the SharePoint lookup column
3. Change the “Data access mode” to “SQL Command” instead of the “Table or view” in the OLE DB Source and paste your command into the “SQL command text:” area.
Other helpful info is that you may also need to add additional columns in the new lookup tables in SQL for the scenarios when the data is not unique. You can see this two times in my SQL command example for Units and JobTitles:
SELECT
pps.SSNm,
pps.file_updated,
pps.Employee_id,
/* pps.CheckDistNm,*/
Check_Distribution_id = COALESCE( d.ID, 0 ),
pps.Job_nbr,
pps.SeqNm,
pps.action_eff_dt,
Fund_id = COALESCE( f.id, 0 ),
Appropriation_id = COALESCE( ap.id, 0 ),
ActionCode_id = COALESCE( ac.id, 0 ),
SpecNumber_id = COALESCE( jt.ID, 0 ),
pps.Employee_id,
/* pps.Fund,
pps.Approp,
pps.Unit,*/
Unit_id = COALESCE( u.ID, 0 ),
PosNm,
PosCode,
pps.LastName,
pps.FirstName,
pps.MI
FROM
x_PPS.aReportVw.pps_screens_active AS pps
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.DistributionNumbers AS d ON
pps.CheckDistNm = d.Check_Distribution
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.Units AS u ON
pps.Fund = u.Fund AND
pps.Approp = u.Approp AND
pps.Unit = u.Unit
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.Appropriations AS ap ON
pps.Approp = ap.Approp
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.Funds AS f ON
pps.Fund = f.Fund
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.ActionCodes AS ac ON
pps.ActionCode = ac.ActionCode
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.JobTitles AS jt ON
pps.SpecNm = jt.SpecNumber AND
pps.JurisClass = jt.JurisClass

How to change the background color for lookup column options in sharepoint 2007

Hi,
I have a custom List with 10 fields,and in the edit form we want to display only 6 fields,
So I have customized it with sharepoint designer 2007 ,designed a new custom edit form(Insert->ShaerPoint Controls->Custom List Form)
We are using IE8 Browser,and the site has JQuery 1.8 loaded .
The lookup columns is getting rendered as textbox and dropdown arrow image,instead of select html element.
When we click on arrow image,its displaying the values magically,So I am unable to highlight the options with text "ABC" in yellow background color
basically in the input textbox its storing all the lookup values as "ID|value "in choices attribute (I saw this in browser dev tools)
I tried to set the textbox color everytime it loses focus using blur,however its always returning the previous value instead of current selected value.
Is there any way we can achieve this,Any solutions/thoughts
Thanks everyone..

hi i bet you need to amend your jquery script to get onclick values and put it with like append HTML if you want to use Jquery.
Also did you know you could use javascript in calculated column with type number?
Check:
http://sharepointwijzer.nl/sharepoint-blog/tech/icc-html-calculated-column-sharepoint-view
Imposible is nothing

Sort alphabetically a lookup column in 'Quick edit'

Hi Everyone,
I've had this problem for a long time now and have not been able to get it working. I have a List with several fields, one of them is a Drop-down list with a lookup field linked to another list called 'Customers' which has two fields 'ID' and 'Customer'.
If I create a 'New Item' the field 'Customer' is sorted alphabetically in ascending order by 'Customer', also in the list it's the same (which is what I want) however if I try to edit with the 'Quick Edit' button the lookup column is not sorted by 'Customer'
but by 'ID' and the users are complaining about this this there are more than 1,000 fields. Funny thing is as I already explained, if you create a 'New Item' or 'Edit Item' it works and is sorted as it should, only the lookup in 'Quick Edit' is sorted
by ID.
I already attempted the following and still no luck. I would very much appreciate the help.
Sort SharePoint lookup column Dropdown by customizing your list form with InfoPath
Regards,
--Luis
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to.
There is no out of the box way to accomplish this with SharePoint.
By design in SharePoint, the lookup column is sorted by ID in 'Quick edit'.
When you click the dropdown icon, the HTML Table will be appeared.
You can use JQuery to sort the Table.
More information:
http://www.granneman.com/webdev/coding/css/sorting-tables/
http://blog.niklasottosson.com/?p=1914
Best Regards,
Linda Li
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Title and description for lookup column

Hopefully this can be simple. I am working on development in SharePoint 2010 but I do NOT think that it is specific to 2013 or 2010, I am migrating to 2013 in a month or so (hopefully!)
Requirement:
Display lookup list for Server Name (Title) and Server Description (Description)
Problem:
I have a custom list with 2 columns, title and description, both text fields. I am using that list as a lookup to my other custom list.
The graphic below has 2 windows squished into it. The middle window is the list pulling the data from, the lookup list.
The graphic to the right is the issue that I am running into. I create the column and hopefully I can use the lookup column with the title column AND THEN the additional fields for the Description! It DOES appear, but AFTER I fill out the form.
The form is on the left part of the graphic below.
I see the server names or "Title" but I can't even "hover" over it and see the description! I don't know how to present the description lookup in the form when I do "new item." Is this something that 2010 / 2013
can do and OOTB or do I need designer? I don't code so I can't use VS.
Thank you!
Matt

Thank you, I created a calculated column, using Microsoft's recommendations below, and Scott's!
Calculated Field Formulas -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb862071.aspx
The result shows below. the 3rd column is the Server and Description, with the calculated column, "merging" the two text into one, with a space and a dash in the middle to separate them. The list is below and the "look up". The black section
is my new form or add new item, where I would select multiple servers based on their server name and their description.

Access data from from two lists based on lookup columns and insert into another

Hi,
I am new in SharePoint and is stuck in some problem.
I want to insert data in to a list by fetching data from 2 lists.
The scenario is :
List A Columns : EmployeeName, EmployeeID, EmployeeSalary
List B Columns : DepartmentName, EmployeeID, ManagerID
EmployeeID is lookup column
I want to fetch data from these 2 lists and insert data into another list:
List C Columns: EmployeeName, EmployeeSalary, DepartmentName
Can someone please explain me all the possible approaches to do the above task

If ListA and ListB are the lists that you created, it would be better to generate the lists data into one list not seperate lists, as they both represents the property information of one employee.
If they are existing lists, you may have following considerations:
1. if you are a programmer, it would be easier to have a lookup column at ListA, to generate the EmployeeName, EmplyeeSalary, then using ItemAdded event, to generate the DepartmentName column based on EmployeeID column.
2. have a lookup column look at ListA, use workflow, set when item is created, start the workflow automatically, then in the workflow, find ListB related item based on EmployeeID column, to set the DepartmentName column, SharePoint designer workflow
set Item Value activity can do this work, you can research to find more information about how to do this.
Thanks,
Qiao Wei <br/> My blog:http://blog.goobol.com

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