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The query cannot be completed because the number of lookup columns it contains exceeds the lookup column threshold

April 9, 2012

Recently I published an InfoPath form and got an error.

“The query cannot be completed because the number of lookup columns it contains exceeds the lookup column threshold enforced by the administrator”

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and the event log was like this

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This is because SharePoint 2010 has a new resource throttling for web applications. It’s an easy fix.

Go to Central Administration site and navigate to Application Management – Manage web applications under Web Applications.

Select the web application you need to change the resource throttling setting.

Navigate to General Settings – Resource Throttling from the top ribbon.

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Scroll down a bit and can find the List View Lookup Threshold. Change the value according to your lookup columns.

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