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Picklists allow users to select a value for a field from a range of predefined options.

AttributeMetadataDescription
labelType: String
Required
Max length: 128
UI-friendly string in the Vault’s base language.
activeType: Boolean
Required
Indicates whether the component is active.
can_add_valuesType: Boolean(Read Only) If true, Picklistentry values can be added to the picklist.
can_reorder_valuesType: Boolean(Read Only) If true, Picklistentry values can be reordered.
system_managedType: Boolean(Read Only) If true, indicates this picklist is managed by Vault. Users cannot rename or delete the picklist, nor can they add or rename picklist entries.
can_support_fieldsType: BooleanFor internal Veeva use only.
controlling_picklistType: String
Max length: 1500
The picklist upon which this picklist is dependent.
max_active_entriesType: NumberFor internal Veeva use only.
order_typeType: Enum
Allowed values:
  • order_asc__sys
  • value_label_asc__sys
  • value_label_desc__sys
Defines the order in which picklist values appear in the Vault UI. Possible values are:
  • order_asc__sys: Picklistentry label values are displayed in the order defined by their order attribute.
  • value_label_asc__sys: Picklistentry label values are displayed in ascending alphabetical order based on the user's language or label sets.
  • value_label_desc__sys: Picklistentry label values are displayed in descending alphabetical order based on the user's language or label sets.
If not specified, the default value is order_asc__sys.

Picklists allow users to select a value for a field from a range of predefined options.

AttributeMetadataDescription
valueType: String
Required
Max length: 256
UI-friendly string for the value of the entry (in the Vault’s base language).
orderType: Number
Required
Defines the ordinal position of the entry in the picklist.
activeType: Boolean
Required
Indicates whether the field is active.
controlling_entriesType: String
Max length: 1500
Multi-value
Defines which values on the controlling picklist the dependent picklist’s value is dependent upon.
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