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Michael Hedrick 2Michael Hedrick 2 

Flow use existing Salesforce picklist

Hello,
Is it possible to use exsiting Salesforce picklist values in a Flow?  And if you can, is it possible to use dependent picklists?
Thanks
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jigarshahjigarshah
Michael,

This feature was delivered as a part of the Winter 16 Release. You can use picklist values from existing Salesforce fields within a flow. You will need to use the Flow Picklist Choice variable which allows speciyfing the Salesforce Object name and the picklist field name which needs to be used as the source of options within a Flow.

Refer this article on Using Flow Picklist Choice Resource (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.salesforce_vpm_guide.meta/salesforce_vpm_guide/vpm_designer_resources_picklistchoice.htm) from the Visual Workflow Guide that provides details around using picklist options from existing Salesforce picklist fields. Moreover, this Winter 16 Feature Release Notes also provides details on the same topic which would prove of help.

Please note and consider the limitations around using the Picklist Choice feature within Flows.
  1. The current feature supports single and multi picklist values only.
  2. Knowledge Article fields and global picklists aren’t supported.
  3. All picklist options are returned and displayed within Flows irrespective of the usage of RecordTypes. Hence, you may need to implement a filtering mechanism to display filtered options if required. The document does not mention anything specifically about dependent picklists but I presume that the dependent picklist filtering may not work and all options from the dependent picklists would be returned irrespective of the selected controlling picklist field option.
Hope that helps.

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