{"id":10,"date":"2008-12-23T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/benbarefield\/archive\/2008\/12\/23\/cross-list-references.aspx"},"modified":"2008-12-23T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T21:00:41","slug":"cross-list-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benbarefield.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/23\/cross-list-references\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-List References"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are situations where it is useful to link data in one list to another list.  For example, if you have a list of projects and a list of tasks.  Some of the tasks are going to be associated with a project.  You can easily create a reference to the project list from items in the task list.<\/p>\n

I’m going to assume you have your two lists created; for this example I used two custom lists, but that isn’t necessary.  On your list you want have a reference (the task list in my example) you need to add a lookup column:
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First you need to go to the settings for the list that you want to reference the other list.  In my example this is the tasks list<\/p>\n

Next you need to create the new column in the list.<\/p>\n

This new column needs to be a Lookup column.  This will allow you to select your other List in the “Get information from:” box.  You can see I have selected the ProjTest list I created for this example.   You also need to specify which column in the list that you want to key on.<\/p>\n

This is the only way so far that I have found to reference one list from another list.  One work around is to add a single line of text column and have the user input a link to the list view that you want.  I would like a way to reference another list or list view without user input.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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