Copy list structure with circular lookup columns

[pade]

I'm using the built-in "New list --> From existing list" copy feature and trying to copy a very simple list. The problem is that this list contains a lookup to another list, and that list contains a lookup to this list. I.E. Both lists refers to the other list

When copying I get the following error:

Parameter targetListName references a resource that could not be found..Parameter targetListName references a resource that could not be found

The lists looks like this

List1

Title

LookUpColumn --> List2.Title

List2

Title

LookUpColumn --> List1.Title

Any idea how to copy lists like this.

Does ShareGate support copying 

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
I believe the native creation of lists from an exting ones does not support this senario. However, with Sharegate you should not have problems at all and should copy everything as long as you copy firts all the related lists

[#3]

@Juan Carlos González Martín Thanks a lot.

Transforming this to the SQL doamin. This is what Microsofts built in tool are trying to do:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table10]
(
    [Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- Primary Key column
    [Title] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    [LookupColumn] INT NULL REFERENCES Table20 (Id)  -- Foreign Key to table20
);
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table20]
(
    [Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- Primary Key column
    [Title] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    [LookupColumn] INT NULL REFERENCES Table10 (Id) -- Foreign Key to table10
);
GO

While what they should be doing is this:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table1]
(
    [Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- Primary Key column
    [Title] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    [LookupColumn] INT NULL
);
GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table2]
(
    [Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- Primary Key column
    [Title] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    [LookupColumn] INT NULL
);
GO

ALTER TABLE Table1
ADD FOREIGN KEY (LookupColumn) REFERENCES Table2 (Id);
GO

ALTER TABLE Table2
ADD FOREIGN KEY (LookupColumn) REFERENCES Table1 (Id);
GO

Then... One could ask why anyone would like to create a design like this with circular references, but that's another question :)