diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index 4773eded34e159e5de494c6cd852cdc6ac8017d7..fe95c7e6f46bb8b7df91ee66fd6f8bae3a98b811 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -41,4 +41,16 @@ module.exports = {
         const host = pathArray[2];
         return protocol + '//' + host;
     },
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a string list to a data array for Select2
+     *
+     * @param list
+     * @returns {Array}
+     */
+    stringListToSelect2DataArray: (list) => {
+        let data = [];
+        list.forEach((item) => {data.push({id: item, text: item})});
+        return data;
+    },
 };