Unable to Create New List from Existing List

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Unable to Create New List from Existing List

When in Microsoft Lists (both in the standalone site and on my Teams tabs) when I try to create a list from an existing list, after going through the steps and selecting the Team to save to, I get the following error message “Action 1 (createSPList) is invalid. List subaction 14 (addSPLookupFieldXml) is invalid. Parameter targetListName has an invalid value”

I have tried the creation process with every List I have and have tried editing the name a million different ways and I cannot get it to save.

This is a critical part of our client workflow and I need it to work reliably. Especially when the Import from Excel feature also isn’t working.

Hans 1 Reputation point

2020-12-16T12:16:59.047+00:00

I have the same problem with some lists and in my case the original list was created as an Issue Tracking app. Trying to create a new list from that existing one gives the same error. This might help someone. Regards Hans
Felipe Silva 1 Reputation point

2021-01-06T13:15:12.82+00:00

I have been experiencing the same issue. This is surely an update problem on Microsoft's side because I have tried performing this action with tables which only had two "single line of text" columns (no lookup whatsoever) and it did not work. Very weird error. Quite annoying.
Chris Grist 1 Reputation point

2021-01-18T21:40:08.133+00:00

any update from Microsoft when this BUG will be fixed?

seen this on a couple of standard release tenants now - even with vanilla lists with nothing special i.e. title column only

Hans 1 Reputation point

2020-12-16T12:16:59.047+00:00

I have the same problem with some lists and in my case the original list was created as an Issue Tracking app. Trying to create a new list from that existing one gives the same error. This might help someone. Regards Hans
Felipe Silva 1 Reputation point

2021-01-06T13:15:12.82+00:00

I have been experiencing the same issue. This is surely an update problem on Microsoft's side because I have tried performing this action with tables which only had two "single line of text" columns (no lookup whatsoever) and it did not work. Very weird error. Quite annoying.
Chris Grist 1 Reputation point

2021-01-18T21:40:08.133+00:00

any update from Microsoft when this BUG will be fixed?

seen this on a couple of standard release tenants now - even with vanilla lists with nothing special i.e. title column only

Answer 1

Hi @Jennifer L. VanderVeen ,

Does this error message appear when using workflow? Would you like to share the steps of your workflow? Screenshots will be very helpful.

I would suggest you try to check the list name and lookup field of your list, per my understanding somewhere may contain unsupported characters, because the error says: Parameter targetListName has an invalid value.
You mentioned you have tried every list, are you testing in the same list?Could you please describe what tests were done?
I have checked your other posts and I’m wondering if this error is related to the previous error message.
Per my test using Import from Excel feature, I create two testbooks with the same contents(â€₵), when the name is â€₵, the previous error occurs and when the name is Book1 there is no error, so you may check if these errors are due to unsupported characters:

When the name is â€₵:

When the name is Book1:

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Jennifer L. VanderVeen 11 Reputation points

2020-12-14T13:59:19.247+00:00

I am not using a Workflow. I am using the “Create a New list” feature in Teams or in Microsoft List. I have a number of different Sharepoint lists in different Teams and have tried creating from new with each of them, with the same results. This feature worked a week ago. Then Windows installed updates on my machine and now it doesn’t work. I have thoroughly searched all files for the characters above and find none. I will attempt to provide screenshots, but as I work in a law office, they need to be cropped and/or redacted to remove any client sensitive information
Elsie Lu_MSFT 9,626 Reputation points

2020-12-15T09:08:21.92+00:00

Hi @Jennifer L. VanderVeen ,

If you have the issue after installing Windows updates, the issue is likely to be related to this update. What update did you install? And I would suggest you open a service request for direct help.

Thanks,
Elsie Lu

Answer 2

misbips02 1

I got this same error just now and it was because of a lookup column on the list. I had remove it and then it worked. I had added the related issues column.

Answer 3

Roberto Rodriguez 1

Hello, I had the same error. It's because the source list has a lookup field, so I deleted that field just to create the new list and I added the field again in the source list. I you have data added I recommend you to backup and upload.

Answer 4

Gladys Aguilera 1

Hi
apparently it has a row limit
mine came out with an error saying the limit is 300 rows
is that possible ?

Unable to Create New List from Existing List

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