Lookup Fields to the Same List - Defined as a Site Column

Defining lookup fields that lookup in the same list can be quite useful. They are also easy to define when you add a field at the list level. Just select the type for the field to be “Lookup” and then for the “Get information from” list choose the same list as the one you are going to add the field into. However you can’t do that if you want to define your field as a site column because the field is not added to any list at the time it is being defined and therefore your can’t lookup into a list that doesn’t exist yet. It would be useful though if somehow you could use some sort of “late binding” and choose the list later but when you are creating the site column from the UI you will have to pick up a concrete lookup list. But there is antoher way. You indeed can define a reusable “late bindable” lookup field as a site column which will lookup into the same list as the list it is added to.