# Allow fields in Select Dialog Dropdown (to-one relation), so we can better identify entities by other fields than their name

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-fields-in-select-dialog-dropdown-to-one-relation-so-we-can-better-identify-entities-by-other-fields-than-their-name/8818>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [May 19, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-fields-in-select-dialog-dropdown-to-one-relation-so-we-can-better-identify-entities-by-other-fields-than-their-name/8818 "2025-05-19T09:51:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-fields-in-select-dialog-dropdown-to-one-relation-so-we-can-better-identify-entities-by-other-fields-than-their-name/8818/1 "2025-05-19T09:51:59Z")

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The problem with the current Select Dialog Dropdown (to-one relation field) is that it only shows the Name of the entities to select from.

This is most of the times not enough to identify what entity we are looking for. Often names are nearly the same and do not have clear distinction in their name.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/8/84f43270b2e01d77534f7edbab6df715eedd9c5b.png)

## Examples cases

**People or Contributors**

- Names like “John Smith” or “Maria Garcia” may appear multiple times across different teams or time periods.
- Solution: Show team, role, or organization next to the name.

**Tasks or Features**

- Features often have vague or similar names like _“Sync”_, _“Integration”_, _“Dashboard Improvements”_.
- Solution: Include the parent project name or feature status.

**Content or Notes**

- Notes or documents titled _“Meeting Notes”_, _“Feedback”_, or _“Summary”_ exist in almost every project.
- Solution: Show project name, date created, or author.

## Suggestion

Allow customization of how items are rendered in the dropdown — either:

- Support templates like `Name + [Field1] + [Field2]`
- or let the user pick the fields to be displayed in the dropdown.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-fields-in-select-dialog-dropdown-to-one-relation-so-we-can-better-identify-entities-by-other-fields-than-their-name/8818/2 "2025-05-19T09:56:36Z")

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> [@Display fields in "link or create" window](https://community.fibery.io/t/display-fields-in-link-or-create-window/5679):
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> I have many things in a single database that are all named the same. For example, in my “Iteration” database I already have over 200 records called “Iteration 1” and there will ultimately be thousands more named the same way in the future. I wish that when I clicked on “Link or create”, I would be able to view some fields (like “Client” or “Due Date” or “Team” for example) that are on the entity I’m trying to link to. Currently the only fields that are shown are “Name” and “ID” and “Database”…