# Link or Create window, display other fields (besides “Name”) for easy identification of desired entity **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Created:** [January 12, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679 "2024-01-12T14:50:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/1 "2024-01-12T14:50:42Z")
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”, which isn’t enough to easily tell which one I’m looking for. ![Release-1-0-—-Project-Release-Fibery](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/5/5c558ffc4568873fb8f97011668747019e508856.jpeg) This feature is more critical when linking “one to many” related entities, because there is currently no way to filter them at all. While it would also be nice to have when trying to link to a “one or one” or “many to one” related entity, at least there is an option to use filters in those cases. ![Release-1-0-—-Project-Release-Fibery2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/7/7f6f8c64ff42a791acbbf0801249f62525e10ba3.jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/2 "2024-01-12T16:49:28Z")
I agree this feature could be helpful for navigation and UX in larger Fibery workspaces. That said, why not create unique names using a formula for your usecase? ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/3 "2024-01-12T17:23:29Z")
I could, but then there’s a bunch of redundant information in the entity name that clutters up the view! ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/4 "2024-01-12T17:26:35Z")
> [@interr0bangr](#): > > If I’m looking at the “Iterations” that are related to a “Release” I want to see this > > Release Name: > > - Iteration Name > - Iteration Name > - Iteration Name > - Iteration Name > > not > > Release Name: > > - Iteration Name (Release Name) > - Iteration Name (Release Name) > - Iteration Name (Release Name) > - Iteration Name (Release Name) When looking at the collection of Iterations from the Release entity view, you could choose to not show the Name field, and just show the iteration number instead ---
**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/5 "2024-01-13T00:02:09Z")
> [@Chr1sG](#): > > When looking at the collection of Iterations from the Release entity view, you could choose to not show the Name field, and just show the iteration number instead That’s a good suggestion that I hadn’t thought about, thank you. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/6 "2025-05-15T17:16:38Z")
A big thing would also be search. Being then able to search for items based on these visible fields would mean that you don’t need to make a huge name formulas just for the ability to search for an item across fields. ---
**Author:** ![myg\_ge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/myg_ge/32/12457_2.png) [@myg\_ge](https://community.fibery.io/u/myg_ge)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/7 "2025-10-17T07:07:27Z")
Currently, the dropdown for the related field shows the values of the Name field of the related db. That’s rather limiting and forces me to make majority of the Name fields as formula fields to present context or some additional info about the related entity. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/b/b05d15c5775f3bd8cc4e63667e3389e6f87bc811.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/7/7f563af4296cb90a7c50645b0344871179053330.png) I’d like to customize what’s visible about the related fields in the dropdown to quickly understand the context without the need to create this Name formula field workaround or to open a copy of Fibery in the parallel browser tab. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/8 "2025-10-17T08:39:59Z")
I think this is the same as either of these, no? [Display fields in "link or create" window](https://community.fibery.io/t/display-fields-in-link-or-create-window/5679), [Open larger view on relation field dropdown](https://community.fibery.io/t/open-larger-view-on-relation-field-dropdown/8304) ---
**Author:** ![myg\_ge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/myg_ge/32/12457_2.png) [@myg\_ge](https://community.fibery.io/u/myg_ge)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/9 "2025-10-17T09:50:27Z")
The first one ---
**Author:** ![CivicScribe88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@CivicScribe88](https://community.fibery.io/u/CivicScribe88)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/link-or-create-window-display-other-fields-besides-name-for-easy-identification-of-desired-entity/5679/10 "2026-01-02T21:18:26Z")
Wanted to jump back in here and request this feature again. I was just trying to link an entity but I had several with the exact same name and no good way of determining which was which. I guess I will need to rely on formula-named entities, but just being able to show a looked-up field next to the entity name would solve this problem for me.