Data source is not finding lookup field

The list control cannot find the lookup field in the designer. This form has been in production for months. It was working yesterday. All three forms show this error: new, edit, and update. However, the new and edit form are still working in SharePoint even with the error. The display form was working until I deleted the control and recreated it, thinking that might fix it.


I have rebooted the computer; installed windows updates; and checked the version of the designer (3.8.2). Any ideas?

Dear @tnewton,
Can you go into List Settings for the child list, show us the type of field you use as a Lookup field?

Dear @tnewton,
Please, try connecting to the source/child list with form editor, and open Settings > Customizers section:

You can also open console in the editor when you get the error:

Press CTRL+ALT+I and send us a screenshot.

  • I get the same error no matter what list I pick on that form.
  • If I create a new formset on that form and add the list, the same thing happens.
  • If I add the list to a totally different form, it works.

Requested screenshots:

Dear @tnewton,
The issue here is with the customizers - we're checking them to see if any Lookup controls are valid as a selection. Something happened with the BU customizer - if it's some leftover field which is no longer used, you should remove the customizer, it should fix the issue.

If you have a form for that source/child list (the one containing BU field) then you can try to re-save the form, it will save customizer configuration once again and should also fix it.

That worked! Thank you very much for the help.

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