Fields: Select

Create single select and multi select fields for categorizing data.

This script demonstrates how to create & work with the following select fields in NocoDB: SingleSelect, MultiSelect

For detailed descriptions of each field type and associated configuration options, refer to the NocoDB meta API documentation .

// NocoDB Script: Create Select Fields

const tableName = 'Select Fields Demo';
let table = base.getTable(tableName);

if (!table) {
  table = await base.createTableAsync(tableName, []);
  output.text(`✅ Created table: "${tableName}"`);
}

async function createField(name, config) {
  if (!table.getField(name)) {
    await table.createFieldAsync({ name, ...config });
    output.text(`✅ Created: ${name}`);
  }
}

await createField('Tags', {
  type: "MultiSelect",
  options: {
    choices: [
      { title: 'UI', color: '#FFC107' },
      { title: 'API', color: '#28A745' }
    ]
  }
});

await createField('Status', {
  type: "SingleSelect",
  options: {
    choices: [
      { title: 'Draft', color: '#6c757d' },
      { title: 'Published', color: '#007BFF' }
    ]
  }
});

output.table(table.fields.map(f => ({ 'Field Name': f.name, 'Type': f.type })));
output.text(`ℹ️ Total fields created: ${table.fields.length}`);

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