Hierarchical Single/Multi Select fields

[Matt_Sayward]

Would there be anyway you’d consider adding hierarchical single select columns that show different options depending on what is selected in a prior column?

For example in one column imagine that you have a list of car manufacturers labelled ‘Make’

Some options in here could be:

• Audi
• BMW
• Ford
• Volkswagen

Then you could have a second single select column called ‘Model’.

It would be great if this only showed options related to the first column.

So for example if Audi is selected in the first column the options could be:

• A1
• A3
• A4
• Q3
• Q7

Whereas if Volkswagen was selected in the first column the options could be:

• Beetle
• Golf
• Jetta
• Polo
• Scirocco

[Polen]

If that wasn’t possible, I’d settle with being able to group options with some label so that at least the field can provide guidance that’s not hidden behind the field description. So we would have:

Audi (not selectable)
A1
A3
etc…
Volkswagen (not selectable)
Beetle
Golf
etc…

When I need something like this I’ve opted to group based on color.

[Dennis_Sutch]

I too would appreciate hierarchical features. Organizations are normally hierarchical. Seeing records contained within a node of a hierarchy would be helpful.

Hierarchical tables are a challenge in most databases and spreadsheets that I have come across. Is this on Airtable’s roadmap?

[Kenneth_Bent]

New to this platform, and this would be a feature that is very helpful to me. We have thousands of inventory items and need to filter groups down in a hierarchical fashion to view smaller segments at a time. Let us know if that is something on the horizon.

[Jala_Penos]

Please help voting features forth by hitting the :thumbs_up: button.
(not exactly sure how much it’ll affect The Teams priorities but I assume it helps :thinking: ) :heart_eyes:

Found some “Ask the community” threads that asks for the same thing:

Conditional 2nd Lvl Single Select Ask the community

Hi, Pretty new to airtable but I’ve seen this function is possible in google sheets. I want to have 2 single select lists. The second single selects options should be dictated depending on what is put in the first single select list. Is there any way to do this? I.e: “Single Select 1st Lvl = Pizza” "Single Select “2nd Lvl = Pepperoni, Pineapple, Ham” But if i were to switch “Single Select 1st Lvl = Hamburger” “Single Select 2nd Lvl = Meat, Vegan” This would be very useful for us when rep…

Conditional Multi-Selection Field Ask the community

Is there a way to make a logic select type? For example, I have a Field1 and Field2 I want to make If Field1=A then Field2 has PackA of selecting items, if Field1=B then Field2 has PackB of selecting items. Is there a way to realize it?

and another feature request:

Dynamic Drop down dependent on another dropdown Ask the community

Helllo, New to the Airtable platform. I am wondering if this is possible. I am developing a manufacturing schedule and in the schedule you have a Phase and multiple (different) steps in each phase. Ideally I would like a (2) drop-downs side by side and the second one becomes dependent on what you chose in the first. So if i Choose Phase 3 the second column would only show steps associated with Phase 3 not all the others. Thanks

[Efraim_Wolpin]

Hi,

This is an old request is there any updates on this topic?

[Shehryar_Siraj]

Ping!
@Airtable we are still very interested in this feature!

[Leighton_Cline]

@Airtable Any update on this? Seems like a highly requested feature for quite a while now.

[Brian_Davis]

@Airtable Any updates on this? Can someone from Airtable comment on this? We really need this feature ASAP. Even if the update is there is no update, please let us know.