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What is an Object Picker Field?

While the parent-child connection creates a strict hierarchy, the Object Picker field is designed for creating flexible, non-hierarchical references between Objects. It allows one Object to point to one or more other Objects anywhere in the system, providing valuable context.
Think of it like citing sources in a research paper. A 🧊 Project Object can “cite” or “reference” a 🧊 Customer Object and a 🧊 Contract Object. These referenced Objects don’t belong to the project; they are independent entities that are simply being pointed to for context.
This reference is created by adding a specific type of Data Field to your Object Type’s Data Screen.

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Key Characteristics

  • Flexible & Non-Exclusive: This is the key difference. The referenced Objects are independent. A single 🧊 Customer can be referenced by many different 🧊 Projects, 🧊 Support Tickets, and 🧊 Invoices simultaneously. The referenced Object doesn’t “belong” to the Object that is referencing it.
  • Configurable: As an architect, you add this reference just like any other Data Field. This means you can make it required, add help text, and control its visibility.
  • Highly Specific: The most powerful feature of the Object Picker is the ability to pre-filter the choices available to the end-user. You can use UQL to ensure users can only select from relevant Objects (e.g., “only allow selecting 🧊 Customers in an ACTIVE status”).

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Field Types

There are two types of Object Picker fields to choose from, depending on your architectural need:
  • Single Object Picker: Used for many-to-one or one-to-one relationships. For example, a 🧊 Support Ticket can reference only one 🧊 Customer.
  • Multiple Objects Picker: Used for many-to-many relationships. For example, a 🧊 Marketing Campaign could reference multiple targeted 🧊 Customer Segments.

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How to Create an Object Picker Reference

  1. Navigate to Data Fields: Inside a 📋 Function, select the Object Type you want to add the reference to (e.g., 🧊 Support Ticket) and go to its Data Fields section.
  2. Add a New Field: Click + Add Field to create a new Data Field.
  3. Choose the Type: Select Single Object Picker or Multiple Objects Picker from the field type dropdown.
  4. Configure the Filter (Optional but Recommended): In the field’s settings, use UQL to define which Objects a user is allowed to select from. This ensures data integrity by preventing users from picking irrelevant items.
[Guidejar Placeholder: A tutorial showing an architect adding a ‘Single Object Picker’ field to a ‘Support Ticket’ Object Type. The tutorial highlights the configuration where they set up a UQL filter to only allow picking from ‘Customer’ Objects that have a ‘Status’ of ‘ACTIVE’.]

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Common Use Cases

  • Associating a 🧊 Support Ticket with the specific 🧊 User who reported it and the 🧊 Product it relates to.
  • Referencing the 🧊 Meeting where a 🧊 Project Task was discussed.
  • Selecting multiple 🧊 Author Objects on a 🧊 Blog Post in a co-authoring scenario.

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What’s Next?

You now know how to create both strict hierarchies and flexible references. The next level of relationship modeling is to standardize the meaning of these connections across your entire organization.