# Repeating group - retrieving data

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeating-group-retrieving-data/86034>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeating-group-retrieving-data/86034 "2020-04-11T14:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tariqazim86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@tariqazim86](https://forum.bubble.io/u/tariqazim86)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeating-group-retrieving-data/86034/1 "2020-04-11T14:32:57Z")

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Hi Bubblers,

I have a repeating group that contains images. The images come from a pop-up uploader. The repeating group is named (e.g. “List A”) and the user can create multiple lists each with its own repeating group containing the relevant uploaded images. My question is - when the user switches between “Lists” how do I display the correct collection of images that correspond to the “List” the user has selected?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TipLister](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/tiplister/32/150194_2.png) [@TipLister](https://forum.bubble.io/u/TipLister)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeating-group-retrieving-data/86034/2 "2020-04-11T19:51:34Z")

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Hi tariq,

If I understand you correctly, we had a similar set up in our app.

People could create short tips and lists, with lots of short tips.  
We had a data type tip and a data type list. The data type tip could have images and text as its fields.  
Each data type list had a list of tips as a datafield.

Now each user also had a field, list of lists.  
When they create a list, that list is added to the current users list of lists.  
This gives you the chance to create a repeating group showing all the users lists. (Current users list of lists is the data source)  
When a list in this repeating group is clicked you can show a popup and then send current cells list into the popup using the element action display data.  
In the popup is a repeating group content type tips which shows the popups list of tips.

If this is confusing for you, happy to go on a quick call to screenshare with you.

best regards  
Julius

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**Author:** ![tariqazim86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@tariqazim86](https://forum.bubble.io/u/tariqazim86)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/repeating-group-retrieving-data/86034/3 "2020-04-12T13:22:11Z")

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Thank you so much Julius. I’ll try doing that on my app, if I can’t get it to work I may take you up on the offer of a quick call 🙂

Thank you again.