https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/rules/1401/simple-question-regarding-writing-group-name-to-database-1-we-have-a-cdtSimple question regarding writing group name to database: 1. We have a CDT with a text field called &quot;assignedgroup&quot; 2. A tempo form allows a user to select a group from Appian groups called &quot;testers&quot; 3. Since a group cannot be saved directly to our CDTen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/4867?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:34:15 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c5fbad81-527a-46f7-b6b3-ba12acd0f599Mikemany thanks for the options!....I figured others might find this useful since groups are kind of special....<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/4866?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:30:48 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:7d8480d1-0113-4db7-92ad-31e479557994RullyHi Mike, you could probably create another field into the CDT called &quot;assignedGroupId&quot; that stores the reference of that group. When you want to convert the value to group, you can use togroup function. The other &quot;assignedGroup&quot; field can be populated manually from Appian provided you have already got the group ID in the first place.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/4864?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:24:42 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e78591b7-5ec3-45ce-b93e-92d610484d56Tim NguyenIf your CDT has a text field with the name of the group then the people function plugin will assist you with the getgroupbyname function <a href="https://forum.appian.com/suite/tempo/records/type/components/item/i0BWsQdLlzKy55h8z8zJ0sPqpDWFrba9l14mbyubY4XI6t1hRI7xLwkvHhqsuQ/view/summary">forum.appian.com/.../summary</a><br /><br />You could also use tostring() to turn the group into a group id and then recall it using the togroup() function<div style="clear:both;"></div>