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guyinazo
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Jul 09, 2021
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Reporting on and viewing related SharePoint Lists

I am sure I am not alone in this question, but what is the best practice to show and end user data from several related SharePoint lists?  So if I have a list of projects, then a separate list of to-...
  • RobElliott's avatar
    Jul 10, 2021

    guyinazo the best way to do this is with an app in Power Apps as you can have multiple data sources which can be related, cascading dropdowns, cascading galleries and a lot more.

     

    In this simple example I have a list of projects as follows:

     

    And then a list of tasks where the project column is a lookup to the Projects list Title column:


    In Power Apps you could then have a dropdown which displays the Title from the projects list and filters a gallery to show the relevant data from the tasks list:

     

    You could embed the app in a SharePoint page with the Power Apps web part, or you could give your manager the web link to the app.

     

    There could be other screens with more data, and if this was a live app instead of a 30 minute example I would make a lot of improvements to the lists and the app. But it might give you something to consider that can be implemented quickly. If you haven't used Power Apps before there are many very good videos on YouTube by Shane Young which will get you started.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint, Website and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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