# Convert the User Group Field to another field

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-the-user-group-field-to-another-field/10024>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [November 16, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-the-user-group-field-to-another-field/10024 "2025-11-16T18:13:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-the-user-group-field-to-another-field/10024/1 "2025-11-16T18:13:35Z")

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I’m refactoring a workspace to scale to different regions. I need to change the people field that is being used to a lookup from “Positions” (similar to this FR: [Convert Field to Formula](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-field-to-formula/9942))

This is even more painful because I need to go through all the databases and spaces and re-share it with the new user group.

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**Author:** ![helloitse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/helloitse/32/498_2.png) [@helloitse](https://community.fibery.io/u/helloitse)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-the-user-group-field-to-another-field/10024/2 "2025-11-17T12:44:48Z")

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Just to be sure, is this request about converting an existing field into a different type (from user field to formula field)  
Or  
Changing which database Fibery considers the user group database?

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**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-the-user-group-field-to-another-field/10024/3 "2025-11-17T16:24:20Z")

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Within the same database, I want to change the “Group” field (the user relation that is identified as the one in charge of grouping) to a different field. I can not make a different “Treat database as user groups”, as a different field is already user groups, and I can not disable the existing one without removing all the existing sharing.