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I have got two picklists with Field Dependencies: "CODE" & "TEXT" e.g. (Code = A99) --> (Text = "Diodes")

I like to have an automatism field filling, when a value in CODE is picked the field TEXT is filled automatically.

How do I do this?

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Sounds to me like a better way to do this would be to have a lookup to your Codes in a related object. This would work provided there is always a 1:1 relationship between the value in Codes and Text.

You could then drive the Text value using a cross-object formula field that also showed the text value.

So the steps:

  1. Create a second object called "Code"
  2. Keep the name field as Text type but label it "Code"
  3. Add a custom field called "Text"
  4. Create a lookup relationship field in the object where you are now fiddling around with picklists
  5. Add another field, a formula field to the same object: return type is text and the formula points to Code__r.Text__c

There are some downsides:

  • Lookups relationship fields can be a bit more fiddly for users
  • You're burning a custom object (possibly an issue in EE orgs)

But there are an upside:

  • It is a lot easier to load new code values into an object as data than it is to fiddle with keeping two independent picklists in sync.
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  • Unfortunately the dataloader does not accept the entries to the Lookupfield "Code" Class id: id value of incorrect type: B99
    – Hans
    Nov 25, 2015 at 15:01
  • Not to be obtuse, but I'm not sure what you mean...maybe you need a new question.
    – pchittum
    Nov 25, 2015 at 22:25

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