Mass Update of Lookup Fields not possible

Mass Update of Lookup Fields not possible

Hello List


I've created a custom field for Leads and Contacts 'Current Campaign'. This is very Handy as I can filter leads and then related them to a campaign.

Everything ready, but then I realized that mass update doesn't work for lookup fields... a bit surprised, again I hit another fan.

In a normal scenario I first upload a list of leads, how can I import a lookup reference; by the 'Campaign Name' as a string?

Maybe someone can give me directions how to achieve?

@Zoho CRM, when will be mass update of lookup fields possible?


Thank you.


Info
Suggested workaround using related list:
We can perform a mass update on the lookup field data via the related list, allowing it to be assigned to multiple records. However, if the lookup field already has a value, those records won't be listed. In such cases, we can unassign the records through the related list and then reassign them.

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