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How to compare multi select picklist fields in flow?
Multi-Select picklist fields store their values as semi-colon (;) delimited text, which is not an easy thing to parse in Flow without a little help from Apex. And even then, once parsed to know which individual values were selected there’s the challenge of comparing what was selected in the first picklist vs. the second picklist.
How to create a multi select picklist in Lightning?
The multi-select picklist field in the Audit object is created in the next step. 2. Create the custom Audit object with three custom fields. To create this, in Classic, you go to Setup | Create | Objects, or in Lightning Experience, you go to Setup | Object Manager. Set the Audit Object Name field to be an auto number.
How to pass multi select values from one object to another?
You can take the multi-select values from one object and populate them as multi-select values in another object (which is what we will do in the post) or you can populate the multi-select values to a long text field if you only plan to view the options selected, such as if you wanted to capture the field history for a multi-select picklist.
How to compare multi select picklist fields in apex?
And even then, once parsed to know which individual values were selected there’s the challenge of comparing what was selected in the first picklist vs. the second picklist. We can easily parse and compare the two picklist values in Apex, but that doesn’t necessarily mean our entire solution must reside in Apex.
How to compare multi select picklist fields in Salesforce apex?
Before we get started, Multi-Select Picklists are one of Salesforce Administrators favorite things to hate: With all that said, Jeffrey Berger knew the perils of what he was about to ask, but he asked on Twitter anyways seeking solution to compare selections between two multi-select picklist fields.
Can you select more than one item in a drop down list in Excel?
By default, you can only select one item per time from a data validation drop-down list in Excel. How to make multiple selections from the drop-down list as below screenshot shown? The methods in this article can help you solve the problem.
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