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GlobalValueSet

Represents a set of values used by a global picklist. Available from API version 39.0 or later.

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Important

Supported SOAP Calls

create(), query(), retrieve(), search(), update(), upsert()

Supported REST HTTP Methods

Query, GET, POST, PATCH

Fields

Field Name	Details
CustomValue	Type CustomValue[] Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description A list of the global picklist values.
Description	Type string Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description A picklist value’s description. It’s useful to include a description for a picklist value so the reason for creating it can be tracked. Limit: 255 characters.
FullName	Type string Properties Create, Group, Nillable Description The full name of the associated metadata object in the Metadata API. Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance. Any global value set created in API version 57.0 or later automatically has the `__gvs` suffix appended to FullName. When you make any CRUD-based call with the GlobalValueSet type, you must append the suffix to the FullName field when you reference the type.
MasterLabel	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description
Sorted	Type boolean Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description `True` if the picklist values are sorted alphabetically.

CustomValue Metadata

Metadata about the global value set is returned in the CustomValue field.

Field	Type	Description
Color	string	The color assigned to the picklist value when it’s used in charts on reports and dashboards. The color is in hexadecimal format; for example, #FF6600. If a color isn’t specified, it’s assigned dynamically upon chart generation.
Default	boolean	Required. Indicates whether this value is the default selection for the global picklist and the custom picklists that share its picklist value set. This field is set to `true` by default.
Description	string	A picklist value’s description. It’s useful to include a description for a picklist value so the reason for creating it can be tracked. Limit: 255 characters.
IsActive	boolean	Indicates whether this value is active or inactive. The default value is `true`. Users can select only active values from a picklist. An API retrieve operation for global picklist values returns all active and inactive values in the picklist. But retrieving the values of a non-global, unrestricted picklist returns only the active values.
Label	string	The global picklist value’s label, or API name. If you don’t specify the label when creating a value, it defaults to the text of the picklist value (ValueName). The ValueName isn’t used if you update the label.
ValueName	string	The text of the picklist value.

Tooling API

GlobalValueSet

Supported SOAP Calls

Supported REST HTTP Methods

Fields

CustomValue Metadata