Enum value sync issue

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Hi All,

We are facing an issue with Enum value sync in DB.

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We created a new enum, ex., TestEnum with elements as below and deployed to the Tier 2 environment.

Enum value	Name
0	B
1	C
2	D

Later, we added a new element and changed the enum value as below and deployed again to the Tier 2 environment.

Enum value	Name
0	A
1	B
2	C
3	D

But the enum values in the standard - 'EnumValueTable' is not getting changed unless we manually delete the data for the particular EnumId and resync the data.

As we don't have provision to backend in Tier 2 environment, we are not able to proceed with this workaround.

Could someone please suggest your inputs on this issue!

Thanks!

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Waed Ayyad 9,212 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Did you update the already-existing records, as some records will have wrong values?

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Suren_G 252 on at

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Hi Waed,

Yes, we updated the exiting element name in the enum and added a new element. But the updated values are not syncing to the 'EnumValueTable' and it causes mismatches between UI and DB.

Thanks!

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André Arnaud de Cal... 306,430 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi Suren,

In case you have an enumeration with predefined values, I wonder why you renumbered the values. Why didn't you add A with enum value 3? You can then still manage the order for the user starting with an A. In that case, you don't have this type of issue.

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Kevin Xia Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi,

In this case, I agree with Andre's approach. At present, I don't know why this problem arises or how to solve it, so we can avoid this problem in another way. You can choose to add a new record instead of modifying it and re-editing it to meet your needs.

Best regards,

Kevin

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Martin Dráb 240,163 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I've moved this thread from Dynamics AX forum, because several things suggest it's actually about F&O.

It seems you created a non-extensible enum and then you manually changed the meaning of value 2 from TestEnum::D to TestEnum::C. Then it's you who "caused mismatches between UI and DB".

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