Parse Multi-Select
Overview
The Parse Multi-Select action will take the value from a multi-select field and convert it to a text collection of values, and a text collection of labels. It also outputs a collection of Picklist Entry records which is an Apex-defined data type that contains additional information about the picklist entries.
Inputs
Multi-Select Value
The Multi-Select Value input is the text value from a multi-select field.
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Text | Yes, but empty values allowed |
Field API Name
The Field API Name is the Field API Name of the multi-select field for the text value being parsed. This value must be entered to use the Picklist Entries output.
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Text | No |
Object API Name
The Object API Name is the Object API Name of object that contains the multi-select field being parsed. This value must be entered to use the Picklist Entries output.
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Text | No |
Outputs
Values
The Values output is a text collection of values from the multi-select field value.
| Type | Variable Name |
|---|---|
| Text Collection | values |
Labels
The Labels output is a text collection of labels corresponding to the multi-select field values. For some picklist entries the value and label can be different.
| Type | Variable Name |
|---|---|
| Text Collection | labels |
Picklist Entries
The Picklist Entries output is custom Apex-defined data type that provides additional information about the selected picklist entries. The Field API Name and Object API Name inputs are required to use this output.
| Type | Variable Name |
|---|---|
| Text Collection | picklistEntries |
Apex-Defined Data Types
Picklist Entry
A picklist value has additional pieces of metadata such as the label, value, is active, and if it is the default value.
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Text | value | The value of this item in the picklist. |
| Text | label | The display name of this item in the picklist. |
| Boolean | isActive | true if this item must be displayed in the drop-down list for the picklist field in the user interface,false otherwise. |
| Boolean | isDefaultValue | true if this item is the default value for the picklist, false otherwise. |