There are several improvement that can be made to the Automatic Lookups that would significantly reduce development efforts and updating of views:

1) Console filters field. Typically on forms, when a field with an Automatic Lookup has a value or a selection made, the lookup value appears below the field. This does not apply to console filters.

2) Read-only forms. Forms that are read-only, such as the Issue/Complete Service Request view do not show the lookup values. Like with edit forms, these should show the lookup fields. Another example of this is the "Overview" tab of the "Request Department Space" view.