How to Activate Global Picklist Value in Salesforce

In this Salesforce tutorial, we will learn how to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce. In addition, we will look at how Salesforce Lightning and Salesforce Classic are used to activate the deactivated global picklist values.

While employed for a company that manages its business using Salesforce and deals with “Electronics”, “Clothing”, and “Home Appliances”. Previously, I was given the assignment to temporarily stop selling the “Home Appliances” owing to COVID-19 losses.

Now, the company is going to start selling “Home Appliances” again. I was given the responsibility of updating the sales and catalog processes and making the necessary adjustments.

So after looking at the multiple solutions, I found a solution that helped me to activate the global picklist value “Home Appliances” in Salesforce.

If you want to learn how do I activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning as well as Salesforce Classic, you have come to the right place.

What does activating global picklist value mean

In Salesforce, activating the global picklist value means making the global picklist value available for selection within a global picklist setlist. It allows the client to select the predefined values from the picklist field.

In addition, when we create a new global picklist field value, it is by default activated. To meet our needs, we can, however, deactivate the enable global picklist field value. If you want to learn read:

Let’s understand this concept with the help of an example. Suppose we have a global picklist called “Property Type” with values such as “House”, “Apartment”, “Condo”, “Townhouse”, and “Commercial”.

Due to some reason, the real estate organization decides to temporarily hold on to “Townhouse” type property for some period of time. Now, the organization has decided to resume the “Townhouse” type property again.

For this, we will activate the global picklist value “Townhouse” from the property type global picklist value set. Now, wherever a user will see the picklist, they will not get an option named “Townhouse”.

With this, we have understood the meaning of activating the global picklist value in Salesforce with an example. Now, we will proceed and learn to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning.

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How to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning

Here, are the steps to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning.

Step 1: First log in to the Salesforce account and select “Setup” from the menu in the top right corner of the page.

Step 2: Search for “Picklist Value Sets“, in the “Quick Find” box.

Step 3: Click on the “Picklist Value Sets”.

Step 4: We will be redirected to the “Picklist Value Sets” page after clicking on it. Now, click on the global picklist value set whose picklist value we want to activate. I choose the “Consulting Industry” global picklist value set in this case.

Step 5: On success, it will redirect us to the global picklist detail page. Now, scroll down to the “Inactive Values” section.

Step 6: Now, to reactivate the global picklist value, decide the global picklist value, and click the “Activate” button next to it. I choose the “Manufacturing” picklist option here.

Step 7: With a click on it, the deactivated value is shifted to the “Values” section from the “Inactivate Values” section.

Step 8: To check whether the global picklist values have been activated correctly, navigate to the item where you use the global picklist values that have been modified.

With this, we have successfully learned to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning Component. Now, we will proceed and learn to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Classic.

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How to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Classic

Here, are the steps to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Classic.

Step 1: We must first sign in to Salesforce Classic. To do this, click on “Avatar” and select “Switch to Salesforce Classic”.

Step 2: Then, select “Setup” from the menu.

Step 3: Scroll down to the “Build” section. Select the “Picklist Value Sets” option under “Create”.

Step 4: As a result, we will be taken to the “Picklist Value Sets” page. Click on the global picklist value whose global picklist value we want to activate. Here, I choose the “Travel Destination” global picklist value.

Step 5: Scroll down to the “Inactivate Values” section, where we will see a list of all the activated picklist values.

Step 6: Find the picklist value that we want to activate and click on the “Activate” link next to it. Here, I select the “Tokyo” global picklist value.

Step 7: With a click, it will shift the deactivated value from the “Inactive Values” section to the “Values” section to make the global picklist value activate.

Step 8: To check whether the global picklist values have been activated correctly, navigate to the item where you use the global picklist values that have been modified.

With this, we have successfully learned to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Classic Component.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, we have learned that in Salesforce activating the global picklist value is the process of making a certain option or choice accessible for selection in a global picklist field on records.

In addition, we have also learned the steps to activate the global picklist value in Salesforce Lightning and in Salesforce Classic Component.

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