Understand Lookup Field Properties
This page is applicable to all report types except pivot chart and pivot table.The predefined relationship in lookup field facilitates a continuing chain of information in the report. When you click on a specific value in the lookup field, the record in which this value originally belongs will appear. This enables you to pull a record from a different report using the field value in one report.
For instance, in your Employee Management application, you have a report that displays employee information categorized into the departments. This department field is a lookup field, thus implying that the same field values are available in another report. Let's assume you click the field value Marketing. The detail view of the record in which the said field value is present. You will thus view the other field values of that record. In this case, the head of the marketing, the number of teams, the direct reportees, and so on.
Related Topics
Access your files securely from anywhere
Zoho CRM Training Programs
Learn how to use the best tools for sales force automation and better customer engagement from Zoho's implementation specialists.
Zoho DataPrep Personalized Demo
If you'd like a personalized walk-through of our data preparation tool, please request a demo and we'll be happy to show you how to get the best out of Zoho DataPrep.
- Zoho Workerly Home
- Forums
- Connect With Us:
- Zoho Recruit Home
- Forums
- Connect With Us:
Zoho FSM Video Tutorials
All-in-one knowledge management and training platform for your employees and customers.
Create. Review. Publish.
You are currently viewing the help pages of Qntrl’s earlier version. Click here to view our latest version—Qntrl 3.0's help articles.
Zoho Sheet Resources
Zoho Forms Resources
Zoho Sign Resources
Sign, Paperless!
Zoho TeamInbox Resources
Design. Discuss. Deliver.
Related Articles
Understand Lookup Field
Understand Lookup Field The lookup field enables you to create a relationship between forms. Using this relationship you will be able to lookup data from another form in the same application or from a form in a different application in your Zoho ...Configure bidirectional lookup field
To configure bidirectional lookup: Navigate to the form builder. Drag and drop the lookup field. The Lookup field window appears. Select the Form from which you need to fetch data. Select the Field . Click the toggle button to Enable bidirectional ...Field references
What Does This Page Cover? Learn how you can view a complete list of references for each of your form fields, thereby enabling you to make better, informed decisions. Availability Field references: are available in all the data centers. are ...Calculations on data entered in a form
Requirement Values entered in a form for a US Gallons field are used to calculate the corresponding value in UK Gallons. Similarly, values entered in a Miles field are used to calculate the corresponding values in kilometers. Use Case When a ...Advanced search in a lookup field
When the Lookup field has large number of records then finding a particular record becomes cumbersome. Moreover, the basic search will display only 5000 results and manually scrolling down through these results to find the required record is tedious. ...