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Using Powershell I have uploaded documents to a SharePoint 2010 document library. In the metadata, for each document, there is a lookup field named &quot;Master&quot;. It allows the user to select another document in the library based on another documents Title. This works fine manually. <br />
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I know what value goes into Master initially, so I want to set this field in my powershell script...just can't get the syntax right. <br />
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I can update other metadata fields OK with the simple syntax of:<br />
$docItem[&quot;myColumnName&quot;] = $someValue <br />
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But the lookup field throws an error when I do the same thing. TIA<br />

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Using Powershell I have uploaded documents to a SharePoint 2010 document library. In the metadata, for each document, there is a lookup field named "Master". It allows the user to select another document in the library based on another documents Title. This works fine manually. 

I know what value goes into Master initially, so I want to set this field in my powershell script...just can't get the syntax right. 

I can update other metadata fields OK with the simple syntax of:
$docItem["myColumnName"] = $someValue 

But the lookup field throws an error when I do the same thing. TIA


Powershell updating lookup field in SharePoint 2010

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