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SP 2013: Add new item field value to choice selections

In SharePoint 2013, I've got a list with a choice field, we'll call it Field1, and the "Allow 'fill-in' choices" option is checked. When a new item is added with a fill-in entry for Field1, I need that entry to be added to the choices available in Field1. I thought the choices would update after saving the new item, but that doesn't happen.

Is that the way fill-ins are supposed to work and something else is happening with my list, or is there another way (OOTB, Javascript/jQuery, etc.) to make that happen? I know how to load a choice field from a different list, and if all else fails, I can go that route, but that's significantly more work.

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Hi @PhillipsKeith-1816
This is the default behavior, that is user-entered "Fill-In" choice values will not be added to predefined choice values.

Currently there is no other ways to make this happen, you could only manually add the extra information to your choice column, or as you said, create a lookup column used for choice from another list.


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What I figured - thanks for responding!

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