Picking many elements from entity list in one form (read only)

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Hello everyone,

1. What is the issue? Please be detailed.

In my deployment, multiple users often share the same device, and in some cases two or three people may be filling in the same form at the same time. Because of this, across all my forms I need to maintain an up-to-date list of possible users so that I can select them using a select_multiple question.

I am trying to simplify this workflow.

My first idea was to use a CSV attachment with the list of users. However, this would still require updating the CSV separately for each form. I could automate this using the API, but it still feels a bit cumbersome.

My second idea was to use Entities, which would be ideal for managing a central, reusable list of users. The main limitation I’ve found is that Entities can only be selected one at a time, even in cases where I only need to read the values, so I can’t use them directly with select_multiple.

2. Question

Is there any workaround that would allow Entities to be used in this scenario (for example, selecting multiple entities, even in read-only mode)? Or is using the API to automatically update CSV attachments across forms currently the best approach?

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

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Where have you found this? I am using entities as options for select multiple with no problems (no create or update actions)

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I probably misread the documentation and got confused about the limitation on selecting only one entity at a time for making changes. My mistake. Thanks for the clarification!

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