# Update Field to Multi Select **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** custom-fields, agentic-work-management\ **Created:** [9 June 2026 20:22 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/update-field-to-multi-select/1144216 "2026-06-09T20:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taylor\_Giddens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/taylor_giddens/32/285678_2.png) [@Taylor\_Giddens](https://forum.asana.com/u/Taylor_Giddens)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2026 20:22 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/update-field-to-multi-select/1144216/1 "2026-06-09T20:22:11Z")
My team uses a custom field to track vendors on our projects. Recently, we created a Master Vendor Sheet that links to a live list of tasks associated with each vendor. It has become an incredibly valuable resource because it allows us to quickly see when a vendor was last used and what projects they supported. The challenge we’re running into is that our Vendor field is currently a single-select field. While that worked well initially, many of our projects involve multiple vendors. As a result, when we generate these vendor-specific task lists, some vendor activity is missed because only one vendor can be selected per task. I would love the ability to convert an existing single-select custom field into a multi-select custom field without having to recreate the field and manually update historical data. This would make vendor tracking significantly more accurate and useful. As a separate piece of feedback, I would also love additional sorting options for live task lists. Specifically, when sorting by due date, I would like the ability to sort in ascending order (newest/upcoming first) rather than having the oldest tasks appear at the top by default. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2026 22:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/update-field-to-multi-select/1144216/2 "2026-06-09T22:36:22Z")
Split this topic on 9 June 2026 22:36 UTC 2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Convert existing single-select field to multi-select](https://forum.asana.com/t/convert-existing-single-select-field-to-multi-select/140845) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2026 22:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/update-field-to-multi-select/1144216/3 "2026-06-09T22:36:23Z")
Closed on 9 June 2026 22:36 UTC