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Hi, I'm trying to see the base enum values for the salesstatus. I tried looking at the properties of the elements but it does not seem to be there.

can someone help?

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udaY-ch 5,180 on at

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Hi,

UseEnumvalue property is disabled for SalesStatus. So, you will not be able to see the enum values.

Check SalesStatus enum properties from application explorer.

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I did but the value is not displayed on the property sheet.

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See the property of the salesstaus enum from application explorer.

You will find "UseEnumValue = No"

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Alright, so are you saying there is no way to see the enum vaules except in code?

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Perfect, you cannot see it and use it.

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hmm....it must be stored somewhere in a table or something but thanks for answering the question.

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Martin Dráb 239,680 Most Valuable Professional on at

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The information above is not correct. It's not related to UseEnumValue - it's caused by the fact that the enum is extensible (IsExtensible=True).

It means that additional elements can be added in extensions and if everybody had to pick a numeric value, there would be a huge risk of conflicts. Therefore extensible enums don't let you set values - values are assigned automatically by the system.

If you want to see numeric values used in your particular environment, look into ElementValueTable (directly in the SQL database). Like this:

select EnumValueTable.* from EnumValueTable join EnumIdTable on (EnumIdTable.Id = EnumValueTable.EnumId) where EnumIdTable.Name = 'SalesStatus'

Just don't forget that other environments may use different values.

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I missed telling the fact that isextensible property. The enum values are non deterministic when isextensinle property is true whereas db synchronization generate automatic values.

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Joris dG 17,782 on at

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What Martin said!

He implicitly says it but let me state it explicitly. That means the values CAN be different between your environments! So do not ever use the numeric values. EVER.

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