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How to import into lookup field using alternate key?

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Posted on by michael-w

I'm trying to import excel files into pet table. The pet table contains a pet_owner field. GUID is hard to retrieve, I don't want to use GUID, I want to use alternate keys. Can I use Web API style addressing method to uniquely identity a pet_owner, perhaps looks like pet_owners(external_id='U001') ?

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I have tried but failed, the error message is 'The lookup reference could not be resolved.'

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I have two tables: pet_owner and pet. Pet table has a pet_ownerid field.

Pet table has an alternate key with only one column: external_id.

Pet_owner table has an alternate key with only one column: external_id.

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Drew Poggemann 9,287 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @michael-w,

Please walk through the following doc as it outlines how to import the data with the alternate key...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/user/import-data

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Drew

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Kundan Sah 45 on at

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Hi,
Excel upload will always match with primary name field. please use name instead of guid

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michael-w 30 on at

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Thanks @dpoggemann . I have found the solution. While import, click Review Mapping button, click the "magnifying glass" icon,will open Lookup reference section, change to external_id.

Refer this link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/user/import-data

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