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How to use a ComboBox lookup using a label value to find column in a Sharepoint List

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Hi,

I want to insert a formula into a label that when a Building name is selected from a dropdown, the formula will look up the building from a Sharepoint list and return the value in a column determined by another separate label.

Below is my Sharepoint List Data.

Building Name	2017	2018	2019
Building 1	100	400	700
Building 2	200	500	800
Building 3	300	600	900

I have set up the dropdown to show the options Building 1, 2 and 3, and the below formula works fine

ComboBox1.Selected.'2018'

However, I want to change “’2018’” to the value in Label 1, which for now say is 2019. I have tried the below formula, however this causes an error.

ComboBox1.Selected.'Label1'

Please can someone advise me what to change my formula to instead of “’Label1’”.

Example below

Data

Drop down value = Building 2

Label = 2019

Answer

Label with Formula = 800

Thanks

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yashag2255 24,769 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hey @SG1990

Reference of column name is not possible using a label directly, in such a case, you can use:

Switch(Label1.Text, "2018", ComboBox1.Selected.'2018', "2019", ComboBox1.Selected.'2019', "2020", ComboBox1.Selected.'2020')

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SG1990 15 on at

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Thanks for your comment.

Unfortunately this just causes an error for me. Additionally I was hoping someone might have a different solution to this as in my example I have only 3 columns, however what I am working on has over 100 columns and using that formula would be very long winded for 100+ columns.

Thanks again for your help though.

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SG1990 15 on at

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@yashag2255 , apologies but the formula did work, I must have made a mistake first time. Even though this is more long winded than I hoped, this method does work. Thanks.

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