Difference between Lookups and Value Sets

Difference between Lookups and Value Sets

I hope you have read the previous articles on Value Sets and also on Lookups. It is important for the learners to read things in Sequence. Hence you may decide to browse through the Training Index Page. Difference 1 Value sets can be attached to parameters of a concurrent program, whereas Lookups can't. Difference 2 Certain types of Lookups are maintainable by the users too, for example HR Users will maintain "Ethnic Minority" lookups. Value Sets are almost never maintained by end users, with the exception of GL Flexfield codes. Value sets are usually maintained by System Administrators. Difference 3 Value sets can contain values that are a result of an SQL Statement. Hence it is possible to make Value Set list of values dynamic. On the contrary, Lookup Codes are Static list of values.