Update Lookup Field value, from Text field value in the same list using workflow

Question

i have come across a scenario where i should update lookup field value from single line text field in the same list (lookup field used for splitting text/string).

Is this possible to update the lookup field using workflow in the same list..

i have tried using spd 2010 workflow,

ListA has 2 fields, Destinations (Single line text) and Destinations1 (lookup field mapped to ID of same list),

Here i need to update Destinations1 with user input values from Destinations using workflow.

Answer 1

We are not able to use workflow to update the Lookup type of column value with the text column value.

Update:

Since the value of Lookup column formats as ID + ;# + lookup text value, if we don't change the type of lookup, we cannot change the value based on a text column.

Besides, since the lookup column get information from another column, if the text value is not including in this column, it will not get the information.

The workaround I can give is change the lookup column type.

Update:

We can create a workflow as below to update lookup column based on a text column:

My List1 is the list which lookup column get information from, Title is the column which lookup column get information from, field2 is the Single line text column.