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SharePoint 2013 - Create LookUp field From Parent Site Collection in to Child Site Collection

Dear All, 
If you want to call any parent site collection list information in to child list collection look up column then here is a solution for it:

Step 1:
Open your parent site collection 

Step 2:
Go to Site Actions > Site Settings

Step 3:
Under Galleries select Site Columns

Step 4:
Click Create at the top of the list

Step 5:
Give the column a title you will reference in your "child" lists

Step 6:
Select Lookup as the column type

Step 7:
Select the site's column group to categorize the new column

Step 8:
Select the list to lookup from the "Get information from" dropdown

Step 9:
Select the column of the lookup list you want to reference as the key in your "child" lists

(I selected "Title (linked to item)" so that you can easily reference the parent item from your child list item)

Step 10:
Click OK


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Now come back to your child site collection where you want to use this information and do the following steps

Step 1:
From the All Items list vies, select Settings > List Settings

Step 2:
At the end of the Columns list select Add from existing site columns

Step 3:
You can filter the selections by selecting the group you associated the parent column with from the dropdown

Step 4:
Select the site column you created above and click the Add button

Step 5:
Click OK and there you have it.

I hope it solve your issue

Regards
Rashid Imran Bilgrami
CEO Best visualization
http://www.bestvisualization.com

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