# Correct way to give multiple choices through custom action?

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/correct-way-to-give-multiple-choices-through-custom-action/36664>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [November 5, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/correct-way-to-give-multiple-choices-through-custom-action/36664 "2020-11-05T10:16:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnlcff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dnlcff](https://forum.rasa.com/u/dnlcff)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/correct-way-to-give-multiple-choices-through-custom-action/36664/1 "2020-11-05T10:16:17Z")

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I am trying to give a multiple choice through a custom action in rasa 2.0, and a warning tells me to use dispatcher.utter\_message(text, buttons), however: a) I can’t seem to find the documentation anywhere for this part b) I get the printout of the options, but I don’t get to choose them

What am I doing wrong?

Just for more clarity, here is a snippet of my action:

```auto
weekdays_ita = {0: "Lunedì",
                1: "Martedì",
                2: "Mercoledì",
                3: "Giovedì",
                4: "Venerdì",
                5: "Sabato",
                6: "Domenica"
                }
buttons = []
for app in appointments:
    weekday = weekdays_ita[app.weekday()]
    title = "{:10} {:10} alle ore {}".format(weekday, app.strftime('%d-%m'), app.strftime('%H:%M'))
         
    buttons.append({"title": title, "payload": "/"+app.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')})
 
dispatcher.utter_message(text="Multiple answers:",buttons=[{k:v} for k,v in weekdays_ita.items()]

```

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**Author:** ![Tobias\_Wochinger](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/tobias_wochinger/32/4580_2.png) [@Tobias\_Wochinger](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Tobias_Wochinger)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/correct-way-to-give-multiple-choices-through-custom-action/36664/2 "2020-11-09T08:46:23Z")

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> but I don’t get to choose them

How are you speaking to the bot?

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**Author:** ![dnlcff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dnlcff](https://forum.rasa.com/u/dnlcff)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/correct-way-to-give-multiple-choices-through-custom-action/36664/3 "2020-11-09T14:16:26Z")

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