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Hi I have a question.
In our install of civicrm we have a group of custom data that asks us to select the trainers and assessors / co-assessors for a particular contact.  I was wanting can a custom field be linked to a filtered selection of contacts - say only contacts in the assessors or trainers group are available for selection in this data field.  At the moment we are creating a multi-select list for this option, the only issues is as people change roles in the organisation and move on or new people come on board it is an admin task to update the selection options.  if we could have something that could be as easy as adding someone to a particular group that would be great.  I know people can be connected through relationships and through activities, but I guess the key here is something that would be filtered to only those contacts who are members of a particular group and that the info fits inline with the other info around new contacts assessments.

if i'm not making any sense please feel free to ask questions that aid with clarity

regards,

John Curwood

There is also a hook associated with that custom field that you can use to filter all contacts belonging to a group for that field

check: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMUPCOMING/CiviCRM+hook+specification#CiviCRMhookspecification-hookcivicrmcontactListQuery

lobo