Dependent Picklist

A Dependent Picklist lets you change the list of available choices, based on some other value.

About Dependent Picklists

A Dependent Picklist can be based on a set of Radio Buttons or a standard Picklist. Some other value in the record (a trigger value) then determines which of those choices are available for the user to select.

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Adding a Dependent Picklist

This is a two-step process; first, create the triggering field (also known as the parent field). Then create the Dependent Picklist.

1. Using the instructions in Fields, create a new field of any of the following types, add picklist values and save the field (this will be used as the parent field):
   • Radio Buttons
   • Picklists
2. Using the instructions in Fields, create a new field of type: Dependent Picklist, and enter the following information:

   Label

   The field label that will be displayed

   Display Type

   Dependent Picklist

   Parent Field

   • Select the "parent" field (created in the previous step)
   • Enter the picklist values

   Optionally, modify any of the remaining sections, using the instructions in Fields

3. Click [Save]

4. In the Enumerated Values section, click [Manage Values] to specify the collection of all possible values.

5. In the Dependent Picklist Associations section (at the bottom):
   • Click the [Add Associations] button.
   • Choose the Dependent Picklist Values to be associated with each Parent Value.

Using a Dependent Picklist

Considerations

• After a dependent field association is created, the Use Label for grouping option cannot be enabled for any of the parent or dependent field values.
• A field cannot be deleted if it is the triggering value for a dependent field.
• If the triggering field for a dependent field is changed, a message appears telling you that data will be lost if the change is executed. Confirmation is required to proceed.
• Values in a dependent picklist can be sorted alphabetically, but they can't be manually ordered.
• It is possible to specify that the first value in the list of values is always the default. Otherwise, there is no default.

Learn more: Enumerated Fields