# Reference Field for Multiple Items? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the community\ **Tags:** question, code\ **Created:** [December 8, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943 "2017-12-08T05:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sean-arenas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/sean-arenas/32/1098_2.png) [@sean-arenas](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/sean-arenas)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/1 "2017-12-08T05:20:31Z")
Hello, Is there a way to set a Reference Field to allow multiple selections? Using the examples given in the guide, let’s say I wanted to assign a song to genres. It might be “Rock” and “New Wave,” so how would I assign it to multiple items from the “Genres” data collection? ---
**Author:** ![sean-arenas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/sean-arenas/32/1098_2.png) [@sean-arenas](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/sean-arenas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/2 "2017-12-11T18:54:04Z")
Anyone at Wix able to respond to this, please? ---
**Author:** ![admin-23](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/admin-23/32/708_2.png) [@admin-23](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/admin-23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/3 "2017-12-12T10:24:20Z")
Hi Sean, It is only possible to select one reference field at a time. As an alternative, you can add 2 more columns for Genre (Genre 2 and Genre 3) and add the reference there. ---
**Author:** ![dor-itzhaki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/dor-itzhaki/32/770_2.png) [@dor-itzhaki](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/dor-itzhaki)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/4 "2017-12-12T10:36:40Z")
Hi Sean, Depending on your specific use case, I would consider adding a “Genres” text column to your “Songs” collection. In this column, you can keep a comma-separated list of genre names, for example: - funk,country - rock,metal etc… You will later on be able to filter songs by their genre by using a “contains” filter for the “Genres” column. ---
**Author:** ![jerry-wu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/jerry-wu/32/2411_2.png) [@jerry-wu](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/jerry-wu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/5 "2018-04-21T01:34:42Z")
What if the items to be associated is another item type from the database? For example, I have teacher list and student list. A teacher has multiple students and a student has multiple teachers. How do I structure the relationship in the wix database. Thanks in advance! Jerry ---
**Author:** ![patrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/patrick/32/971_2.png) [@patrick](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/patrick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/reference-field-for-multiple-items/14943/6 "2018-08-16T16:24:41Z")
You can now have multiple reference items! Check it out here: > **[You can now add multiple items to Reference Field Type | Velo by Wix](https://community.wix.com/velo/forum/wix-tips-and-updates/you-can-now-add-multiple-items-to-reference-field-type)** > > Introducing the feature you've been all waiting since you tried Reference Field Type – ability to add multiple items from referenced collection. > > > Be aware that if you decide to update your current Reference field type to allow multiple items, your...