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Conversion of Standard Lookup to Virto Lookup

Virto Lookup allows users to convert existing SharePoint lookups to Virto Lookups and use extended Virto features without creating new lookup.

Just click the link in “Convert” block and select an existing lookup.

Convert block link used to turn an existing SharePoint lookup into a Virto Lookup

Selecting an existing SharePoint lookup to convert it to a Virto Cross-Site Lookup

Click “OK” to finish column adding.

Dependence can be applied to the following single value fields:

  1. Single line of text
  2. Choiсe (Drop-Down menu)
  3. Lookup (Single value, Multi Value)
  4. Virto Cross-Site Lookup Selector (Single value, Multi Value).

The same way you can add fields with “Cross-site Lookup Selector” type.

Adding a Cross-Site Lookup Selector field and clicking OK to finish converting the lookup column

Now the fields are adjusted and you can use lookup option (see the next section).

Updated on June 17, 2026