# Data for Automatic Field cannot be selected **URL:** \ **Category:** Database\ **Created:** [May 6, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291 "2021-05-06T08:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sal](https://forum.adalo.com/u/sal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/1 "2021-05-06T08:35:30Z")
Hey All, I am working on app where users will “give” or “ask” items. I want to automatically set the item category to “givng” or “asking”, so I have linked the action button to a modal - where a user would select “give” or “ask”, and then get directed to either “giving form page” or “asking form page”. It all works fine but when I try to set up automatic field to select either “giving” or “asking” category, I don’t get the option. Am I missing something obvious or is it a bug? Please help 🙏🙏🙏 Screenshots: **Create New Item Form Automatic Field: Category - Empty, Value Empty** ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/d/debe679c14f1b259f7d5f1673443cd787f69f0da.png) **Database setup:** ![Add a little bit of body text](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/2/27085abd0f2d640cecd3bee4ef804ed15fddd2d7.png) @anon78309838 @Ben @James_App_Maker @pford any words of wisdom please 🙏🙏🙏 This video came really close to explaining the solution but then went in another direction [Forms | Collect Data from Users in Your No Code App - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7WBI9jLmQ&t=106s) ---
**Author:** ![James\_App\_Maker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/james_app_maker/32/37288_2.png) [@James\_App\_Maker](https://forum.adalo.com/u/James_App_Maker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/2 "2021-05-06T13:53:49Z")
Hi Salvadore, You probably set your relationships for the category incorrect, try switching the relationships for the category and see if it works. ---
**Author:** ![sal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sal](https://forum.adalo.com/u/sal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/3 "2021-05-13T09:56:35Z")
Hey James, thanks for a prompt reply. Much appreciated! I found a workaround… but I think this is a common issue ---
**Author:** ![TomAprea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/tomaprea/32/10770_2.png) [@TomAprea](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TomAprea)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/4 "2021-08-06T10:27:24Z")
Hi Sal, how did you get out of this issue ? Can you explain it to me plz ? ---
**Author:** ![Hutchymike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Hutchymike](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Hutchymike)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/5 "2022-01-14T08:04:18Z")
Same Pb for me… I must be a Bug … and it seems it is present since 2020… Is Adalo Team Working on it ? Thx ---
**Author:** ![paladinodeimari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@paladinodeimari](https://forum.adalo.com/u/paladinodeimari)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/data-for-automatic-field-cannot-be-selected/12291/6 "2023-07-23T14:55:38Z")
Same problem. Field “BackgroundColor” (screen 01) should display Colors records (screen 04) but it display “Empty” (screen 02). ![form-04](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/8/4/84957a5c011f2def4e8ab4a303430ff3281bbfd0.png) ![form-02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/d/0/d04ec3de36375ad09887ec0e79c02c8c902a3b5e.png) ![form-01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/9/f/9f9444a536856cf431de2fa3e8a5566f325115a2.png)