How do i show 14 lookups from a sharepoint list in a canvas app form?

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Hi,

SharePoint has a 12 lookup limit for views but not lists.

I want to show the data in all 14 lookups from my sharepoint list in one canvas app form.

When I try to get the data i get an error:

"The query cannot be completed because the number of lookup columns it contains exceeds the lookup column threshold"

What is the workaround for this issue?

All I want to do is show the data that is in 1 sharepoint list in a canvas app....

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ronaldwalcott 3,847 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Separate your data into logical groups, use SharePoint views with more than one form and manage the updates.

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WarrenBelz 153,051 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @SH-02121228-0,

You can only have a total of 12 columns in a SharePoint List of the types Person and Lookup. This is a built-in limitation with no workaround. As a piece of advice that may assist, SharePoint Lookup columns are mostly unnecessary with Power Apps and have the potential to cause you unwanted and unneeded complexity and restrictions - I have never used them. It is generally a better idea to get the required field items directly from the second list with Power Apps and write back to a Text column.

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SH-02121228-0 6 on at

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"You can only have a total of 12 columns in a SharePoint List of the types Person and Lookup. "

Is incorrect.

You can only have 12 lookup types in a VIEW. In a list you can have many more.....

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WarrenBelz 153,051 Most Valuable Professional on at

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But Power Apps will not handle any more than that (all complex field types combined - Person, Lookup, Calculated) in a query which is what the issue is here. Also the Form is effectively a "view", so the same rules apply.

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