The properties of a control can be configured to use the “Retrieve from table” option. I think it would be nice to allow for a simple where clause for this option by adding an open text field that operates much like Oracle SQL Developer would when narrowing down the data within a table. In my case I would like to present the users with a specific list of content items they may choose from, this would be based on properties designated within the content item and would not need to be broken into separate content items (e.g. degree content type: master, bachelor, associate).
I would also like to see the label column list include system level properties not specifically specified within the content item (e.g. displaytitle or sys_title). This would allow for system level properties to be passed in control elements for a content item.