Chance a choice field to a lookup field on a site column already created and with data

I have a Site Column that I created which uses a Choice Field.  We have document libraries already in place that use this column and have data in them.  I would like to change this Choice Field to a Look-up table on this Site Column.  However, when I go to edit the site column the look-up table option is not available.  Is there an easy way to accomplish this?

July 3rd, 2013 9:39am

Oh I meant to add that this is using SharePoint 2013 Foundation

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July 3rd, 2013 9:39am

Hi dnadolny,

It's not possible to change an existing Choice Column to a Lookup Column through ootb. Try to use custom code in a feature.

For more information, see

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/7fb2f541-92f5-47ef-a561-68db7242077e/how-to-change-site-column-type

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/b12bdee3-4bc0-42ea-8599-3ad102af9a34/change-choice-column-to-lookup-column

Best Regards.

July 4th, 2013 4:32am

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