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# Status and People Field Fidelity

Make Notion **Status** and **People** properties look and behave correctly in your published app — colored status chips, people name chips, multi-select people defaults, and reliable writeback to Notion.

{% hint style="info" %}
**What changed**\
NotionApps now preserves Notion Status option colors in list tags and Details chips, shows People as chips (avatar when available), defaults new People create/update fields to multi-select, and keeps Owner / People edits writing back to Notion.
{% endhint %}

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### What you get

| Surface                       | Before                                   | After                                                                 |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| List tags for Status          | Often flat / app-default colors          | Notion option colors (Open = green, Scouting = blue, Closed = red, …) |
| Details Status                | Plain text or weak chip                  | Colored status chip matching Notion                                   |
| Details People / Owner        | Easy to miss as plain text               | Name chips (with avatar when Notion provides one)                     |
| Create / Update People fields | Often single-select by default           | Multi-select by default for People-like fields                        |
| Editing Owner in the app      | Could look saved without Notion updating | Values write back to the Notion People property                       |

![Restaurants builder ready with Status and Owner fields connected](https://iili.io/Cw1q2TJ.png)

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### Before you start

You need:

* A Notion database with a **Status** property and/or a **People** property
* Those properties linked into your NotionApps screens (List, Details, Create Form, Update Form)
* Permission to **Reload Data** and **Publish**

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip**\
After you add Status or People columns in Notion, use **Reload Data** in the builder so new colors and people options sync before you customize list tags.
{% endhint %}

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### Step 1 — Confirm Status colors on a List screen

1. Open your app in the builder.
2. Select a **List** screen that shows a Status property (for example, Restaurants).
3. In preview, open the list and confirm status tags use Notion colors — not a single flat accent for every option.

![List screen showing Status tags with Notion option colors](https://iili.io/Cw1qB4I.png)

#### What to expect

| Status example         | Typical Notion color                        |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Open                   | Green                                       |
| Scouting / In progress | Blue                                        |
| Closed / Done          | Red / gray depending on your Notion options |
| Not started            | Default / gray                              |

If colors look wrong after a Notion change, click **Reload Data**, then re-check the list preview.

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### Step 2 — Confirm Status + People chips on Details

1. Open a **Details** screen for the same database.
2. Select a record that has both Status and Owner (People) filled.
3. Confirm:
   * Status renders as a **colored chip**
   * Owner renders as a **people chip** (name, and avatar when available)

![Details screen with green Open status chip and Owner people chip](https://iili.io/Cw1qTTG.png)

Compare another status value to verify colors track the option, not a single hard-coded color:

![Details screen with blue Scouting status chip](https://iili.io/Cw1qla9.png)

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### Step 3 — Edit People / Owner and verify Notion writeback

1. Open an **Update Form** (or Details → Edit) that includes the Owner / People field.
2. Change the selected person (add or replace).
3. Submit / save.
4. In Notion, open the same page and confirm the People property matches.

![Update form with Owner people field ready to edit](https://iili.io/Cw1qXCQ.png)

![Owner people writeback verified after save](https://iili.io/Cw1q8ua.png)

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Sync timing**\
On busy workspaces, Notion may take a few seconds to reflect the write. Refresh the Notion page if the People cell still looks empty after save.
{% endhint %}

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### Step 4 — Create Form People defaults

When you add a new **People** create/update field in the builder, NotionApps now defaults it to **multi-select** behavior so makers can assign more than one person without hunting for a setting.

Recommended check:

1. Add or select a People field on a Create Form.
2. Confirm users can pick multiple people when that matches your Notion property.
3. Publish and test on the live app.

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### Checklist

* [ ] Notion Status options use the colors you expect
* [ ] List tags show those colors after **Reload Data**
* [ ] Details Status chip color matches the option
* [ ] Details People / Owner shows chips (not plain unlabeled text)
* [ ] Update Form People edits appear in Notion
* [ ] App is **Published** after any layout changes

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### Troubleshooting

| Symptom                              | Likely cause                              | What to do                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Status tags all the same color       | List tag colors not refreshed from Notion | Reload Data; for brand-new lists, recreate the list screen or re-seed tag colors       |
| Status chip missing on Details       | Field not mapped / wrong component        | Confirm the Details component is bound to the Status property                          |
| People shows email only / no chip    | Older layout cache                        | Reload Data, hard-refresh preview, republish                                           |
| Notion People still empty after save | Pending sync or wrong property            | Wait a few seconds, refresh Notion, confirm the form field maps to the People property |
| Single person only on Create Form    | Field still configured as single-select   | Open the field Behaviour and allow multi-select for People                             |

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### Related reading

* [Prefill Create Forms from a URL](https://docs.notionapps.com/guides/prefill-create-forms-from-a-url) — People can also be prefilled from a link
* [Screen Navigation Visibility](https://docs.notionapps.com/basics/screen-navigation-visibility)
* [20 Jul 2026 Release](https://docs.notionapps.com/release-notes/20-jul-2026-release)