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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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Posted on by Community Member Microsoft Employee

Hi Experts,

I hit this error when i am trying to update a child lookup field in Account form via oob workflow.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    Hi Wei Jie,

    Thanks for the solution, it worked.

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    Alex Fun Wei Jie 33,626 on at
    RE: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    Hi,

    Please check is the child lookup primary field, do you have any value in that, if it is empty please update it with a value. Basically  the system cannot read the primary key field due to empty field.

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