I imagine this has been asked 1m+ times but here goes another.
I've got an existing developed sharepoint project and it contains a list that is quite complex, however the users have requested an update to one of the "manager lists"... the confusing bit here is that the list is a CHOICE with a list of managers...
in the same site hwoever there is a list of "such people" that you would assume could be just as easily used as the source for the list...
So in the short term I have updated the choice list, however my question without understanding the whole list/system setup and purpose yet, is are there valid reasons for choosing a "CHOICE" with people that are going to change over a lookup?
Its causing confusion for my users and content managers.
Hopefully an example will illustrate the issue
eg: this site has these items
* Task Register List - a list with task, supervisor (CHOICE), description
supervisor is a CHOICE with "bob, sally, anne" in it
* Supervisors List - a list with "bob, sally, anne" in it - however changing this list doesn't update the "task register list" as much as the users think it should, because its unrelated.
I haven't mucked around with these things heaps but I imagine the original developer was either unaware of the "Supervisors List" or its purpose, or there is a good reason why they chose to work without it.
If its the former is there a way to change the existing list to use the "Supervisors List" or work with that?
If its the latter, can you think of why and/or (user education is a valid answer) how to address the confusion issue?
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