# Reusing Single- and Multi-Select options?

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/reusing-single-and-multi-select-options/1952>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/reusing-single-and-multi-select-options/1952 "2021-08-28T01:40:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dimitri\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/dimitri_s/32/1683_2.png) [@Dimitri\_S](https://community.fibery.io/u/Dimitri_S)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/reusing-single-and-multi-select-options/1952/12 "2022-05-12T12:30:24Z")

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I agree, but the process of creating “global” single/multi-selects can be made more intuitive and less messy, I also think it would be a relatively easy feature to implement:

> [@Global single and multi-select field options](https://community.fibery.io/t/global-single-and-multi-select-field-options/2779/3):
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> Yeah this works very well, but there are two problem with this approach: 1) Its unintuitive - only seasoned Fibery users know that multi-select fields are secretly hidden mini-databases. Maybe having a normally off checkbox on the single/multi-select field creation modal for something like “Make these options available globally (in other databases)” which automatically does what you suggest, but creates them as “hidden” space/databases. Something like this: 2) It creates a bit of cl…

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