# Adding New Cross-Site Lookup Columns

Source: [https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/)
Product: Virto Cross-Site Lookup Web Part
Updated: 2026-08-12

Go to a SharePoint site and create a list, which will contain cross-site lookup.

![Creating a new SharePoint list that will contain a Virto Cross-Site Lookup column](https://img-docs.virtosoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/adding_new_cross-site_lookup_columns_1.png)

Now you need to add a column with “Cross-site Lookup Selector” type. Go to list settings and create a new column.

![SharePoint list settings showing the option to create a new Cross-Site Lookup Selector column](https://img-docs.virtosoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/adding_new_cross-site_lookup_columns_2.png)

Enter the column title (country name in our case) and select “Virto Cross-Site Lookup selector” as a column type.

## Pages
- [Additional Columns](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/additional-columns/index.md) — Add extra columns shown only on the item view form and order them with the Up and Down buttons.
- [Basic Fields’ Parameters](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/basic-fields-parameters/index.md) — The core column settings: description, source site URL, source list, display column and how values are shown.
- [Conversion of Standard Lookup to Virto Lookup](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/conversion-of-standard-lookup-to-virto-lookup/index.md) — Turn an existing SharePoint lookup into a Virto lookup from the Convert block, without creating a new column.
- [Field Dependence Options](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/field-dependence-options/index.md) — Make one column filter another by choosing the list filter column and the trigger column in the source list.
- [Multiple Values and Duplicate Values](https://docs.virtosoftware.com/docs/virto-cascade-lookup-web-part/working-with-cross-site-lookups/adding-new-cross-site-lookup-columns/multiple-values-and-duplicate-values/index.md) — Allow a lookup to hold several values, and exclude repeated entries with the remove duplicate items option.