Why Dot walking is not available for Data lookup definition?

[Nilesh Pol]

Hi all,

need to know exact reason for "Why Dot walking is not available for Data lookup definition?"

any reference please shares.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Nilesh Pol 

it's platform limitation and only ServiceNow can answer that.

this old link talks about same

Data lookup definitions and dot walking 

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[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @Nilesh Pol 

It is a platform and platform ecosystem with certain benefits as well as some limitations. The reason cannot be explained technically at the platform level due to multiple factors that are not publicly disclosed by ServiceNow, so we treat this as a platform limitation. You may connect with the ServiceNow support team to learn more if needed.