# Write text values to single-select fields in workflows

**URL:** <https://community.noloco.io/t/write-text-values-to-single-select-fields-in-workflows/750>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/write-text-values-to-single-select-fields-in-workflows/750 "2024-05-27T14:51:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/write-text-values-to-single-select-fields-in-workflows/750/1 "2024-05-27T14:51:48Z")

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**Feature Request: Write text values to single-select fields in workflows**

- Single-select fields have to receive values from other single-select fields.
- This is a massive disadvantage for when we need to write values calculated dynamically (i.e. within formula fields) to a single select. This is a staple functionality supported by many automation tools (Zapier, Airtable automations, etc), but it is not possible in Noloco.

**Example**

- For example, in the screenshot below, I am trying to write an auto-computed date ( **the MMM month format** of the date the invoice was fulfilled) into the single-select field so that I can then group my data as well as filter it more easily through dropdown in-line filters.
- Text values written into single-selects should become options within that field in Airtable.

**Workaround**

- The obvious workaround is to fire these kinds of workflows from Airtable automations (or Zapier, Make, etc) but I want them within Noloco workflows due to their local nature/speed.
- Running them from Airtable then waiting for it to sync into Noloco, could take a good while, especially since the dropdown value MIGHT be a new one, therefore making it a schema change (I think??? pretty sure Noloco reads that that way).

 ![Single select values](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/1X/66de61455e66290cefa0e0160125c3acc2e0b6eb.png)