Referencing another cell
I am bringing a name over from another field and when I'm referencing a person's name from another table, it seems to ALWAYS bring it over and then change the data to multiple choice. So, while I'm g...
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HEric,
I think that we need to stand back here to understand what you are trying to accomplish.
If, so example the source of the data is a table of Resources (people) and you want to choose a person and also bring across some other lookup fields from that table, then you will need to set up a relationship.
Here is some help on relationships.
https://help.quickbase.com/user-assistance/cs/cs_about_relationships.html
If you are trying to simply manually select a name off a drop down list then you can use the method that you are using and in that case for each new record, you would be selecting a name for that multiple choice field. The field type you are selecting is indeed a multiple choice field type so that it why it behaves as a multiple choice field.
I think that we need to stand back here to understand what you are trying to accomplish.
If, so example the source of the data is a table of Resources (people) and you want to choose a person and also bring across some other lookup fields from that table, then you will need to set up a relationship.
Here is some help on relationships.
https://help.quickbase.com/user-assistance/cs/cs_about_relationships.html
If you are trying to simply manually select a name off a drop down list then you can use the method that you are using and in that case for each new record, you would be selecting a name for that multiple choice field. The field type you are selecting is indeed a multiple choice field type so that it why it behaves as a multiple choice field.