OptionSet - retrieve selected value 'Description' in Javascript

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I know the below code allows the retrieval of text/value from an optionset but I want to retrieve the description (which is entered when setting up the optionset).

Is this possible?

Get the value from a CRM OptionSet field

var value = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(“CRMOptionSetSchemaName”).getValue();

Get the text from a CRM OptionSet field

var text = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(“CRMOptionSetSchemaName”).getText();

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Sorry there isn't a way you can retrieve the optionSet description

The only way to get this information is set it up somewhere else in the CRM and then retrieve it but that would mean inputting again somewhere else and arranging it so you could look it up.

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You would need to query the metadata - which you can do using JavaScript.

Sample: Retrieve Entity Metadata Using JavaScript

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What's the purpose of retrieving the description? If the purpose is to display them as tooltips and you are currently using CRM 2013, then the descriptions are displayed as a tooltip when you hover over a field label on a form.

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I was planning to use the description held in the optionsets to hide/show another optionset. On reflection I can use the optionset ID as it's a global optionset and the IDs will not change.

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I need the same things. We are building solution for one of our clients. As you know Microsoft doesn't support lookup fields in offline mode for mobile application (Resco supports long time ago, don't understand their awesome offline functionality.....) and we decided to create instead of lookup fields the option sets, but we need to retrieve description where we held our GUID for records. So there is no another way how to retrieve description from Option Set? Can someone provide any advise or suggestions.

Thanks guys.

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Kenny Vaes 345 on at

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Best guess would be the metadata. Check out this section in the documentation.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xrm.sdk.metadata.optionmetadata_properties.aspx

Each optionsetvalue should be returned in the OptionSetMetadata as OptionMetadata. Seems like this last one contains the description field. Never tried it myself.

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