Provide multiple selection node possible choices with a flow variable

Hi, I am trying to provide the means for the user to select which data sets will be compared. In any instance there are 2 groups of 4 data sets arranged in a 4 x 4 table. I would like to be able to select which of the 16 possible inter-group combinations will be subjected to further processing. Ideally, this would be given as a 4 x 4 arrangement of radio buttons or checkboxes.
In order to do this, I have been trying to use the multiple selection configuration node, but am unable to provide the possible choices as a flow variable/s. Initially, I thought it might be possible to provide each row of the possible choices as a single string interspersed with “\r\n”, but that is not working.
Does anyone know how to provide the possible choices as a flow variable?
I have seen a post from '18 discussing this issue of the multiple selection node. Has there been any work-arounds developed since?

Hi @0nly4phil , I’m having a little difficulty in understanding your overall use case in terms of what the options are that will be displayed to users, but here is an example at least of supplying a Multi Selection Configuration with 4 options “option 1, option 2…” as checkboxes, where the options have been provided by a flow variable.

The flow variable needs to be in the form of a String Array. To create this, I have used a Table Creator to supply 4 options, which are then grouped into a List and then this List is turned into a flow variable.

If you open the component, hopefully there may be something here to move you in the right direction

Clearly my component as it stands doesn’t do anything! But it does display the following options:
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Configuration Options from a variable.knwf (14.1 KB)

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That works fine. Many thanks!
I was trying to pass a string variable as a list variable.

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