# Reference field in SmartAction of type \['Enum'\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Help me!\ **Created:** [July 29, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009 "2021-07-29T00:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/1 "2021-07-29T00:14:35Z")
## Expected behavior Field in SmartAction of type [‘Enum’] with reference. I want to select multiple records from another collection in the form of the SmartAction. I don’t even know if that functionality is supported. Is it? ## Actual behavior The browser freezes and the form remains half rendered. ## Failure Logs ```javascript Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'widget' of null at i.get (client-97dffa30a5d987a7e39579cd8bf227d9.js:13836) at vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2679 at e.untrack (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5121) at i.o.get (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2679) at i.currentEditWidget (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2638) at i.get (client-97dffa30a5d987a7e39579cd8bf227d9.js:13838) at vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2679 at e.untrack (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5121) at i.o.get (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2679) at i.componentName (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2638) at _e (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2655) at e.ye [as getPath] (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2654) at vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4368 at e.track (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5119) at e.t.value (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4368) at e.t.initialize (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4337) at e.t.peek (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4333) at Object.evaluate (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4696) at e.t.evaluate (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4629) at e.t.evaluateSyscall (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4900) at e.t.evaluateInner (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4894) at e.t.evaluateOuter (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4894) at r.next (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4997) at r.execute (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4996) at n.r.handleException (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4915) at e.t.handleException (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4942) at e.r.throw (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4904) at n.evaluate (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4701) at e.r.execute (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4904) at e.t.rerender (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4945) at e.l.render (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2426) at vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2454 at e.inTransaction (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:4410) at n.i._renderRoots (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2453) at n.i._renderRootsTransaction (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2458) at n.i._revalidate (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:2458) at t.invoke (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5286) at e.t.flush (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5278) at e.t.flush (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5292) at e.n._end (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5355) at e.n.end (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5311) at e.n._run (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5357) at e.n._join (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5356) at e.n.join (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:5322) at h (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3927) at vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3627 at a (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3845) at Object.handleEvent (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3627) at p.handleEvent (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3552) at HTMLLIElement. (vendor-c07624b566e0c950b81e97ff61b6e54f.js:3577) ``` ## Context Please provide any relevant information about your setup. - Package Version: NPM? 6.13.0 - Express Version: 4.17.1 - Sequelize Version: - Database Dialect: Mongoose - Database Version: - Project Name: jurata ```javascript "body-parser": "1.19.0", "chalk": "~1.1.3", "cookie-parser": "1.4.4", "cors": "2.8.5", "debug": "~4.0.1", "dotenv": "~6.1.0", "express": "^4.17.0", "express-jwt": "5.3.1", "forest-express": "^7.4.0", "forest-express-mongoose": "^7.7.1", "mongoose": "~5.8.2", "morgan": "1.9.1", "require-all": "^3.0.0" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Guillaume\_Cisco](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/guillaume_cisco/32/918_2.png) [@Guillaume\_Cisco](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Guillaume_Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/2 "2021-07-29T09:33:06Z")
Hello @David_Roegiers ! Nice catch indeed! ⚾ This is definitively a bug. It looks like it is currently not supported 🏗 We will handle it and tell you once it is fixed! ---
**Author:** ![Guillaume\_Cisco](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/guillaume_cisco/32/918_2.png) [@Guillaume\_Cisco](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Guillaume_Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/3 "2021-07-29T09:45:57Z")
By the way, you can only put an array of strings in the `enums` key. Keep in mind, you won’t be able to see directly objects in the dropdown. I hope it helps 😉 ---
**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/4 "2021-07-29T09:55:41Z")
Merci Guillaume 👋 Okay, right now I’m building a workaround with type [‘Enum’], strings without reference. Will you get in touch here, when this gets released? Or is there an issue tracker I can observe? ---
**Author:** ![Guillaume\_Cisco](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/guillaume_cisco/32/918_2.png) [@Guillaume\_Cisco](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Guillaume_Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/5 "2021-07-29T12:50:43Z")
Regarding the way of supporting multiple records from another collection thanks to a dropdown list in a smart action form, I’m pushing it to our product board! Thanks for digging into this 👍 ---
**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-field-in-smartaction-of-type-enum/3009/6 "2021-07-29T14:37:02Z")
> [@Guillaume\_Cisco](#): > > Regarding the way of supporting multiple records from another collection thanks to a dropdown list in a smart action form, I’m pushing it to our product board! Just to be clear : this behaviour is possible by using the type [‘Enum’] and using RecordGetters in the hook. However, this is custom code, which needs maintaining and adds complexity to the overall solution. So, allowing the behaviour by simply using the reference field would be cool towards the future, but not a blocker in my project.