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Lookup lists
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Now we create a 
:doc:`lookup List </admin/lookup_lists>`
"Status".

Select the "Task" node in the project tree and click the **Lookup lists** button.

.. image:: /intro/_images/lookup_lists.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Lookup lists

Click the **New** button and specify the new lookup list name and add a list of 
integer-text pairs:

.. image:: /intro/_images/lookup_list_ready.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Lookup list entries
	
Save the Lookup	Lists dialog and open the "Contacts" journal to add the "Status"
field 

.. image:: /intro/_images/status_field.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Status field

and set the **Lookup values** attribute to the "Status" lookup list: 

.. image:: /intro/_images/status_lookup.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Status lookup field
	
And finally, before saving, open the "Customer" field and set the **Required** 
and **Typeahead** attributes. When the **Typeahead** is checked, typeahead is 
enabled for the lookup field,

.. image:: /intro/_images/customer_required_attr.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Customer attributes

.. image:: /intro/_images/customer_typeahead_attr.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Customer typeahead attribute

set **Default value** of the "Contact date" field to "CURRENT DATETIME" 

.. image:: /intro/_images/contact_date_default_value.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Contact date field default value

and **Default value** of the "Status" field to "Contact" selecting them in the 
drop-down lists.

.. image:: /intro/_images/status_default_value.png
	:align: center
	:alt: Status field default value