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# Defining Screen Component Options With Choice Resources

Define options for users to select from in screen flow components like picklists, radio buttons, and checkbox groups. Create choices to control the options users see and the values stored when they make selections.

### Required Editions

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When you add a selection component to a screen, you populate its options using choice resources. Choice resources give you flexibility in how you present options and what data gets stored when users make selections.

You can also enhance choices with visual elements like icons to help users identify and select options faster. Learn more in [Help Users Select Faster by Using Visual Cues in Choices](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_flow_build_help_users_select_faster_by_using_visual_cues_in_choices.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Associate familiar icons with choices to help users make selections faster. Choice resources with icons display as dropdown lists in Choice Lookup components and as tiles in Visual Picker components at run time. Icon-based choice resources are supported in all screen-based flows except Field Service Mobile and Discovery Framework Data Capture.")

- **[Choosing Which Choice Resource to Use in Screen Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_flow_build_using_choice_resources_with_flow_screen_components.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Choice resources display selectable options in flow screens. Choice resources can appear as radio buttons, checkboxes, or picklist fields. There are several options for choice resources that you can use, depending on your business need. We recommend using a choice resource only when you can’t use a record choice set or a picklist choice set.