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• The warning level for site administrators that their list is close to the threshold
limit. This warning is displayed on the list settings page. The default value is
3,000 items.
• The number of query results that can be displayed for a site administrator. This
allows site administrators to access a larger data set than other site users. The
default value is 20,000 items.
• The maximum number of unique scopes in a list. The default value is 50,000
items.
• The number of lookup columns that each list can include. The default value is 6
lookup columns.
These settings are configured for each Web application. They can be accessed through
the General Settings option on the Web application ribbon.
Figure 17: Resource Throttling
Although the settings described above apply to all lists within the Web application,
additional settings are available and can be configured to override the Web application
settings: