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Niraj Kr SinghNiraj Kr Singh 

How to create a "Related to" picklist lookup field

My requirement is to create a field like "Related to" in this image.
Step1: Picklist with the Objects
Step2: On select of any one object, need to display all related records
Requirement to create a field like "Related to" field in this picture
Give me quick suggestion.

Thakns Niraj  
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Rahul SharmaRahul Sharma
You would need to create custom functionality if you want to achieve something like that.
Create a picklist fields with available object names in related to and create custom lookup as mentioned in Jeff's blog (http://blog.jeffdouglas.com/2011/08/12/roll-your-own-salesforce-lookup-popup-window/).
In the javascript function: baseURL(refer blog post page: MyCustomLookup), add a parameter to dynamically load the pass the object name to the new page. 
// Following is the url of Custom Lookup page. You need to change that accordingly
baseURL = "/apex/CustomAccountLookup?txt=" + txtId + '&objectName=' + objectApiName;

Then read objectApiName in CustomAccountLookupController to dynamically fetch the records using dynamic SOQL and List<sObject>.

Hope it helps!