---
title: "Create Pick List Fields - Review Manager"
slug: "create-pick-list-fields-review-manager"
tags: ["lists", "Pick List Fields", "Pick List", "Create Pick List", "review manager"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-11-03T22:17:50Z
published: 2026-11-03T22:17:50Z
canonical: "docs.revealdata.com/create-pick-list-fields-review-manager"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create Pick List Fields - Review Manager

There are situations where you may need to create a custom field that includes a specific set of choices. This type of field is referred to as a **Pick List Field**. Users will then manually select from the list of choices that is either hard-coded or auto-populated by importing field values from a ***list created in the Reveal Review Manager***.

## How to create a Pick List Field

1. Open **Review Manager**.
2. Expand **Project Setup**.
3. Select **Lists**. ![150 - 08 - Create List](https://5796933.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/5796933/hubfs/DOCUMENTATION/ARTICLE%20SCREENSHOTS/150%20-%2008%20-%20Create%20List.png?width=1359&quality=high)
4. Click **Add List**.
  1. Enter a reasonably descriptive **Name**.
  2. Add an optional **Description** of the list.
  3. Specify **Sort Order** (*Ascending* or *Descending*).
  4. Click **Save**.
5. **Add Values** to the list.
  1. For a ***Managed*** list, all values will be manually entered here by the administrator.
  2. An ***Automatic*** list will look to existing field or text file values and dynamically populate the list from those values. In the case of a text file each value should be separated by a hard return.
  3. Values may be added here: ![150 - 09 - Create List Values](https://5796933.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/5796933/hubfs/DOCUMENTATION/ARTICLE%20SCREENSHOTS/150%20-%2009%20-%20Create%20List%20Values.png?width=1053&quality=high)
    1. Individually using ***Add Value***, or
    2. As ***Bulk Values***, either
      1. *from a Text File* or
      2. *from a Database Field*.
    3. Bulk Values may ***Append to List*** or ***Overwrite List***.
    4. You may **Export** the list values.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> To create Pick List Fields directly in the Reveal web application, see the [Create Fields](/reveal/docs/manage-fields#create-fields) article.

## Add Pick List Field to Field Profile

List Fields are configured and added under **Fields** in **Project Admin**.

1. Go to ***Add Fields***.
2. See [***Creating a Field***](/reveal/docs/manage-fields) to review this part of the process.
3. Go to ***Field Profiles***.
4. Add the new field to a selected profile. See [***Creating a Field Profile***](/reveal/docs/manage-fields) to review adding a field to the profile.
5. Go to [***Manage Fields***](/reveal/docs/manage-fields).
6. Select the Field Profile (or the first, if added to several profiles) into which you have placed the new list field. ![150 - 10 - Configure List Field](https://5796933.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/5796933/hubfs/DOCUMENTATION/ARTICLE%20SCREENSHOTS/150%20-%2010%20-%20Configure%20List%20Field.png?width=1030&quality=high)
7. Select the field to be associated with the List created in Reveal Review Manager. ***This must be done in each profile containing the field with which you want to associate the List*.**
  1. Change *Effective Data Type* to ***List***.
  2. Set the number of *Display Lines*. The example here shows ***2***, but since lists cannot be Multi-Value fields ***1***line will suffice.
  3. Select the *List Type* from either ***Managed*** or ***Automatic***.
    1. If specifying a list created and curated in Reveal Review Manager, select ***Managed***.
    2. An ***Automatic*** list will look to existing column values and dynamically populate the list from those values.
  4. Specify whether or not the List should be *Appendable*, that is, should reviewers be able to add values to the list.
  5. Choose the *Linked List* from those created in Reveal Review Manager.
  6. Make sure that *Updatable* is set to ***Yes***.
  7. Click **Update** to save.

## How to use Pick List Field

1. When seeking to use a Pick List field in review, make sure to select a Field Profile containing the List field as configured.
2. Open a document for review in the Document Viewer.
3. Fields may be viewed and coded either under the **Fields** panel on the left-hand side of the Document Viewer or in **Metadata View**.
4. The field should appear as a *picklist* allowing the user to select a from a static list of choices.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> In order to select a Pick List Field choice from the list, the field must not be Locked

![150 - 11 - Coding field list](https://5796933.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/5796933/hubfs/DOCUMENTATION/ARTICLE%20SCREENSHOTS/150%20-%2011%20-%20Coding%20field%20list.png?width=513&quality=high)

## Related

- [Map Family Relationships - Review Manager](/map-family-relationships-review-manager.md)
- [Mapping Import Fields](/mapping-import-fields.md)
- [Manage Fields](/manage-fields.md)
- [Reveal - Supported File Formats for Review](/reveal-supported-file-formats-for-review.md)