Lookups

Lookups

Lookups

Lookup fields in Layer retrieve information from related categories.

Silvia Lee

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Lookups are now part of Relationships. You can show information from a related category directly in your current one.

To display a value from a related category

  1. Go to Edit Fields in your category.

  2. Click the Create Field button and scroll → Relationships.

  3. Choose the existing relationship you want to use.

  4. Select the property you want to display (for example, Created By, Description, Drawing Location, or Updated At).

  5. Give your new field a name, the click Create Field. The value will appear automatically for each related item.

  6. Note, Lookups are now a part of Layer Formulas. You can alternately use the Formula Field to lookup values.

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