# Getting is a multi-valued property, so it's values can only be retrieved as an array error

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/getting-is-a-multi-valued-property-so-its-values-can-only-be-retrieved-as-an-array-error/1829>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/getting-is-a-multi-valued-property-so-its-values-can-only-be-retrieved-as-an-array-error/1829 "2020-03-26T12:46:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ganeshraju1984](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/ganeshraju1984/32/494_2.png) [@ganeshraju1984](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/ganeshraju1984)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/getting-is-a-multi-valued-property-so-its-values-can-only-be-retrieved-as-an-array-error/1829/1 "2020-03-26T12:46:25Z")

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Hi Team,

am getting below error, please let me know what i have to do.

property /content/documents/pnmobileapp/module-admin/modules/2016/test\_offer\_module\_1/test\_offer\_module\_1/cmsdigitalcontent:cmsdigitalcontent\_gwpautotakedowncompound/cmsdigitalcontent:productList[2]/cmsdigitalcontent:genericandchoicedocidsearchsingle is a multi-valued property, so it’s values can only be retrieved as an array

[**INFO**] [talledLocalContainer] javax.jcr.ValueFormatException: property /content/documents/pnmobileapp/module-admin/modules/2016/test\_offer\_module\_1/test\_offer\_module\_1/cmsdigitalcontent:cmsdigitalcontent\_gwpautotakedowncompound/cmsdigitalcontent:productList[2]/cmsdigitalcontent:genericandchoicedocidsearchsingle is a multi-valued property, so it’s values can only be retrieved as an array

thanks & regards  
Ganesh

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**Author:** ![machak](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/machak/32/1298_2.png) [@machak](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/machak)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/getting-is-a-multi-valued-property-so-its-values-can-only-be-retrieved-as-an-array-error/1829/2 "2020-03-26T14:03:10Z")

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Does this help:

“cmsdigitalcontent:genericandchoicedocidsearchsingle **is a multi-valued** property, so it’s values can only be retrieved as an **array** ”

so, most probably you changed that value from single to multiple and your content was exported as single valued property.

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**Author:** ![ganeshraju1984](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/ganeshraju1984/32/494_2.png) [@ganeshraju1984](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/ganeshraju1984)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/getting-is-a-multi-valued-property-so-its-values-can-only-be-retrieved-as-an-array-error/1829/3 "2020-03-27T02:05:37Z")

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Hello Machak,

thanks for your time, could you please let me know where to change that property.

it’s custom compound and created from console. do i need to change it from console ?

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-27 at 7.33.44 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/bloomreach1/original/1X/219fbc43ced3a0cd006781227eddb352af183ecd.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-03-27 at 7.33.58 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/bloomreach1/original/1X/5350d0aeb173f0ab01f2b9f9a83d58901aad2b9a.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-03-27 at 7.34.07 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/bloomreach1/original/1X/77017f291676fd6428b48d01597975be7398c205.png)

thanks & regards  
Ganesh