Cannot mass update external lookup field

[LukaszMatyszewski]

Hi All,

I created a scenario where I plan for our users to reference specific projects with external lookup. Now, before I release it to users I need to backdate approx. 3000 objects but found that the system doesn't let me to do it.

I use single select external lookup that filters projects by specific portfolio

While I can access everything in the system I received the below message.

Is the mass edit not possible on external lookup fields?

 

[Sven-iX · Accepted solution]

Hi @LukaszMatyszewski 

I can replicate that - apparently external lookups cannot be bulk-edited  😞 without Fusion.

I would raise a ticket for that. 

[JohnMitchellWF]

Curious, did this ever get a ticket and or response?

I can see the value in adding something like a "Recalculated External Lookups" option on the object level. 

I built a solution to stamp when a milestone ID completes in a way that will allow users at a project level to see a hierarchy of results, but it requires external lookup fields, which then require a user to go in any "click" each external lookup field to get it to run the 1st time and retrieve a result.