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Best way for SharePoint lookup tables to be utilized

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Posted on by PBInonpro 100

I have a SharePoint list which utilizes Lookup Values for the offices. 

 

As an example, an employee tracker will have the Block and Office they are under. 

 

Block 1 will have Office 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D. 

Block 2 will have Office 2A, 2B, 2R

Block 3 might have Office 3B, 3D, 3E. 

 

1A, 1B ... 2R .. 3D, 3E. 

 

Is it best to maintain the office listings as a separate SharePoint list as we are currently doing? If so, how do I incorporate this selection on a Power Apps form to where if a user selects Block 1, they only see 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D. 

 

EDIT: It seems that I can't see the 'lookup' columns from my list. Lost on what to do. 

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    Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @PBInonpro 

    You are dealing with a one to many relationship between blocks and offices.  You can model it by having a list for Blocks and a list for Offices.  The Office table should include the a number column for the blockID.  This way you would be able to include additional information related to blocks and offices in their respective tables.  It can be displayed as two galleries (or dropdowns) with the second control's items:

    Filter(Offices, blockID=Gallery1.Selected.ID)

    IMHO, this is a much more flexible way than using LookUp type columns in SharePoint. 

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