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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Data Connections</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/44.aspx</link><description> </description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Re: Best way to handle large SharePoint list to be used as dropdown?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/97477.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 15:30:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:97477</guid><dc:creator>fcoulter</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/97477.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=44&amp;PostID=97477</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I don&amp;#39;t know if this is your issue, but when I was querying a SharePoint list, it only returned the number of items in the default view.&amp;nbsp; See if the default view for that list displays everything on the first screen.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Best way to handle large SharePoint list to be used as dropdown?</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/96988.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:42:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:96988</guid><dc:creator>PsychoPath</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/96988.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=44&amp;PostID=96988</wfw:commentRss><description>I have a SharePoint list with about 5000 items which I need to use as the beginning of a cascading dropdown in InfoPath. I&amp;#39;m using SharePoint 365 and of course getting error messages about the size of the list. Is there a way to create a data connection to receive data that would first just retrieve the unique values of that very first dropdown? Or - what is the best way to handle this?  It&amp;#39;s a denormalized list of products, the locations they come from, and then other details like container size, weight, etc.  If I could find a way to separate the locations from the product names it would cut the list to 1/4 its size. But - I need them connected so that the location can be selected after the product.  

Example:

Product Location  Container
1000     ATLANTA    Bucket
1000     DETROIT    55 Gal Drum
1000     CHICAGO   Bucket
1001     ATLANTA    55 Gal Drum</description></item></channel></rss>