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Updating Custom Field Picklist items using API

How to I add / remove items from a picklist using the API?

I need to create a way to select users that are only members of a specific group for a custom action variable however there is no way to filter the list of available users so I thought I would create a custom picklist with the available options. Now I need to be able to update the list periodically to keep it current. The web interface does not offer that capability.

Can the API directly modify the structure of objects?

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That does seem to be the answer but I can't seem to make it work... I am still a novice and not really familiar with all the different methods.

I am sending a bulkexecute that includes:

{"url" : "/data/createAndRetrieve", "method": "POST", "body": {"entity": { "Id": "/C_Projectpicklisttest",
"pickups": [
{
"value": "test1",
"displayValue": "test2",
"description": "test3"
}]
}}}

I am getting a response:

"message": "Entity 'C_Projectpicklisttest' does not contain the field 'pickups'",

Any ideas? I feel like I am close but missing something obvious

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Sorry for the late response on this.
You just need to treat it as a regular object:

Post to this URL: /data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest
The following value:
{
"id": "/C_Projectpicklisttest/NewValue"
}

Eyal Post 0 votes
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Worked like a charm!  All I had to do was update the method to PUT or DELETE.

 

Thanks!!

Josh Boutwell 0 votes
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Eyal,  I found one other new wrinkle.

 

Is there any way to define the manual order?   They seem to add to the top of the list but it is inconsistent.

 

Thanks!

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Make sure to change the picklist sort order to "Manual Order" and then you can update the "Order" field on each picklist value

Eyal Post 0 votes
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Hi Eyal,

 

I am still having issues specifying the order.  I have submitted the following:

 

{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 1, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/1", "description": "Testing"}},
{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 2, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/2"}},
{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 3, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/3"}},
{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 4, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/4"}},
{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 5, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/5"}},
{"url" : "/data/objects/C_Projectpicklisttest", "method": "PUT", "body": {"order": 6, "id": "/C_ProjectSeniors/6"}},

There are no errors but I have also tried with the order in double quotes.

 

The results are that the order field is ignored.  Instead the are ordered as :

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 6  In addition the description field on #1 is ignored.

Any ideas?

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Ok, I finally found the solutions.

 

I have to use a PUT to create a picklist item however the PUT won't accept any other values except the id.

Using POST I can actually update the order variable but I can't create a new entry.

 

So I have to break this into two commands.  One to create and one to update.

 

 

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