# Markdown syntax to output multi-select dropdown values

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546 "2024-10-12T15:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nvee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nvee/32/6860_2.png) [@nvee](https://community.fibery.io/u/nvee)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546/1 "2024-10-12T15:22:48Z")

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I’m trying to use the markdown syntax to copy a multi-select dropdown field as comma separated values in a Rich text field. I’ve [read through the docs](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Markdown-Templates-53), and it seems to only address related entites and outputting them as a list. But I don’t see any information on the syntax to use for a multi-select field.

I’ve tried the following:

```auto
{{What is important to you?}}

```

and I get the following error

> Failed to execute Action “Update Session”: Invalid field expression, field: “Client Forms/What is important to you?” field is not primitive.

I’ve also tried this:

```auto
{- What is important to you? -}

```

But it just does nothing. I’m not sure what I’d put after the colon. Any help would be much appreciated.

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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:** [October 12, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546/2 "2024-10-12T15:41:50Z")

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Have you tried this:  
`{-What is important to you?:Name-}`  
or this  
`{=What is important to you?:Name=}`  
to get bulleted list or comma separated list respectively.

(Multi selects behave like [to-many relations](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Markdown-Templates-53/anchor=Using-to-many-relations--1760d4c3-830a-436d-8084-97df465ca895))

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**Author:** ![nvee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nvee/32/6860_2.png) [@nvee](https://community.fibery.io/u/nvee)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546/3 "2024-10-12T15:45:30Z")

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Thanks @Chr1sG !! Both of those solutions worked great! Might be worth putting a small blurb in the docs about this syntax for multi-selects. Thanks again for the quick reply!

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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:** [October 12, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546/4 "2024-10-12T15:51:43Z")

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I can see that [we explain that select fields behave like relations when it comes to formulas](https://the.fibery.io/@public/User_Guide/Guide/Single-and-Multi-Select-Fields-87/anchor=Select-Workflow-Fields-in-Formulas--8e1edc34-2712-4e66-ab17-67754fa4c27f) but not explicitly for markdown as well, sorry.  
Will try and fix that soon.

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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:** [October 12, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/markdown-syntax-to-output-multi-select-dropdown-values/7546/5 "2024-10-12T15:53:39Z")

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Closed on October 12, 2024, 3:53pm UTC