Sharepoint List lookup does not link to document as expected, instead it links to page about document

Question

I have a List with a lookup column, looking up documents. I expected the items in the column to link to the document itself, but instead they link to som sort of "about page" for the document in question. Is there a way to achieve what I was expecting? That is: - A list with items that refer to and use the title of documents in a sharepoint directory AND link directly to this document

Answer 1

Hello @Nederman, Josefin ,

As SharePoint does not support to hyperlink value as Lookup field. So, it is not possible to use Lookup column to link directly to the file itself.

Thanks,
Echo Du

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Answer 2

Hi,
As EchoDu mentioned, it is not possible out of the box as by design lookup column links to display form of the item being looked up, in your case the document display form.

However there is a way to get past this and achieve the functionality using Json Column formatting.

• Set up the document library Title/Any other custom text column data with the document name with extension. example- the value should be something like "ABC Documents.pdf"
• In the list where you use lookup, look up to this column -
• Use JSON fomatting on the lookup column,
  HOW TO REFERENCE
• Verify the functionality

Here is some json code I was trying out in my environment,

{  
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",  
  "elmType": "a",  
  "txtContent": "@currentField.lookupValue",  
  "attributes": {  
    "target": "_blank",  
    "href": "='https://abctenant.sharepoint.com/sites/Demo/Shared%20Documents/' + @currentField.lookupValue"  
  }  
}  

@currentField.lookupValue will get the text value from lookup library.

Answer 3

Just in case anyone else is looking, answer is here: https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/303613/separate-multi-value-lookup-column-values-as-hyperlinks-to-respective-documents?rq=1