# Select which field to display in a related dropdown

**URL:** <https://community.noloco.io/t/select-which-field-to-display-in-a-related-dropdown/322>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/select-which-field-to-display-in-a-related-dropdown/322 "2024-03-01T11:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kieran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/kieran/32/91_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.noloco.io/u/Kieran)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/select-which-field-to-display-in-a-related-dropdown/322/1 "2024-03-01T11:45:03Z")

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My use case is to select a related contact that has the primary field in airtable in the contacts table set to the contacts email address. (to allow importing via CSV possible)

When creating a new record and linking a contact the dropdown in noloco it displays the email address of the contacts… as expected.

For a nicer UX I would like to display the first name and last name for example in the dropdown. i.e I would would like to specify the display data. Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![Kieran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/kieran/32/91_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.noloco.io/u/Kieran)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/select-which-field-to-display-in-a-related-dropdown/322/2 "2024-03-07T10:52:16Z")

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This is what I am trying to achieve.

![Screenshot 2024-03-07 at 10.43.01](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/1X/c9080f275552b08abb40ea57890924d614c03207.png)