SharePoint Designer – Error: Could not save the list changes to the server

I was working with a client recently and tried to create a new form for a list within SharePoint Designer and received the unfriendly error:

Could not save the list changes to the server.

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I had created list forms on this list before, so I began back tracking what has changed since I had created one on this list before.  One thing I did was change a set of Lookup columns within the list to point to new lists and removed the old lists where lookup columns used to point to.

When looking at the list columns I found the lookup column that didn’t have a list that it pointed to:

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When you go into the column you will see again there is no corresponding list for the lookup:

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I deleted the old column and REFRESHED SharePoint Designer.  If you just try to create the form without refreshing you will receive the same error.

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Once I refreshed…Voila!

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Hopefully if anyone else gets this error this post will be helpful!

 


3 Comments

  • Derek

    July 17, 2017

    thanks bro you save me 😀

    Reply
  • Eric Schrader

    June 22, 2018

    I wonder if I have a second issue? I removed the predecessors column and refreshed SPD but no luck

    Reply
  • Jorge L Sepulveda

    August 23, 2018

    Thanks!

    Reply

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