Populating drop-down list with values from a field

[Sean_Comerford]

I am new to Airtable and haven’t had luck finding a solution for this use case. Is there a native or third-party function that automatically populates a Single-Select or Multi-Select field with the values from a column as selectable options? A manual copy/paste would not work, as the data would need to be dynamic in cases where new data is added to the source column or if one of the column’s values change.

[Sean_Comerford]

Thank you for clarifying. I will take care to make this request, I’m sure the importance of this feature has been stressed by many users over the years.

[Allen_Moldovan]

ScottWorld:

t requested feature over the last 5 years in this forum, but it has fallen on deaf ears so far.

Be absolutely sure to send this feature request to support@airtable.com.

We likely won’t get anywhere if people don’t keep writing to them about this, although we still might not get anywhere even if people do keep writing them about this.

Coda does it beautifully

[jolepalomino]

Bro, i was having the same issue and i could solve it with a simple automation:

IF

- Step 1 (When a record matches condition): If "Column B" is empty and "Column A" name is not empty

Then

- Step 2 (Update record): 

   - Record ID: "Step 1 Record ID"
   - "Column B" (Choosing a Dynamic value): "Column A Value"

That will update the field and also create the new value for a single select field

[jillmonterey]

But the trouble there is that Column A and Column B in Sean Comerford's scenario come from 2 different tables. Your Step 1 has two conditions based on a single table. 

[jillmonterey]

That's exactly what I came here looking for. I have a long and frequently changing list of ongoing projects that users must select from. If I have to maintain the dropdown by typing in and deleting the choices for "Option 1" "Option 2" "Option 3" etc in that field, it's not going to work. No movement from Airtable yet?