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Vijay NagarathinamVijay Nagarathinam 

Convert from Picklist to Lookup field

Hi Experts,

I want to know what are impact of converting from Picklist field  to Lookup field in salesforce. Please let me know your suggestion.

Thank,
Vijay
Harpreet On CloudHarpreet On Cloud
Refer to this -- 

What to consider in converting picklist to look-up relationships? -- http://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/103037/what-to-consider-in-converting-picklist-to-look-up-relationships

Harpreet
OSI Consulting
SobSob
You can't covert directly from Picklist to lookup field out of the box. You need to create a different lookup field and if you are thinking of translating the picklist data to lookup then you have to write some custom code to handle it.