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MichaelRose's avatar
MichaelRose
Qrew Cadet
3 years ago

Unable to change field type from Text - Multi-line to Text - Multiple Choice

I have a strange one. I have a table with over 8,000 records. There is a field which is functioning as a multiple choice (drop down). When viewing the Fields list, the field shows type Text - Miult...
MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
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3 years ago

Maybe the field got corrupted. 
I suggest making a new field of type formula text. The formula is just the other field. 

Then change the replacement field's field type to multiple choice. 

it should be populated and be a proper multiple choice field. 



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