CRM 2011 - Knowledge base question on Option Set field (Overriding default range)

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  Hi Sam

  you could try creating the Option Set from code.

   // Connect to the Organization service. 
                  // The using statement assures that the service proxy will be properly disposed.
                  using (_serviceProxy = ServerConnection.GetOrganizationProxy(serverConfig))
                  {
                      // This statement is required to enable early-bound type support.
                      _serviceProxy.EnableProxyTypes();
  
                      //<snippetCreateOptionSet1>
  
                      // Define the option set to create.
                      OptionSetMetadata setupOptionSetMetadata = new OptionSetMetadata()
                      {
                          // The name will be used to uniquely identify the option set.
                          // Normally you should generate this identifier using the publisher's
                          // prefix and double-check that the name is not in use.
                          Name = _optionSetName,
                          DisplayName = new Label("Example Option Set", _languageCode),
                          Description = new Label("An Example Option Set", _languageCode),
                          IsGlobal = true,
                          OptionSetType = OptionSetType.Picklist,
  
                          // Define the list of options that populate the option set
                          // The order here determines the order shown in the option set.
                          Options = 
                      {
                          // Options accepts any number of OptionMetadata instances, which
                          // are simply pairs of Labels and integer values.
                          new OptionMetadata(new Label("Option 1", _languageCode), 1 ),
                          new OptionMetadata(new Label("Option 2", _languageCode), 2 )
                      }
                      };
  
                      // Wrap the OptionSetMetadata in the appropriate request.
                      CreateOptionSetRequest createOptionSetRequest = new CreateOptionSetRequest
                      {
                          OptionSet = setupOptionSetMetadata
                      };
  
                      // Pass the execute statement to the CRM service.
                      _serviceProxy.Execute(createOptionSetRequest);
                      Console.WriteLine("Option Set created");
  
                  }

   

  This is from the SDK.

  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:50 AM
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  Hi,

  Thanks for sharing your thoughts, yes i am aware of this code. My question was not about creating option set through code, but i was asking the merits of overriding the option set values 0. Can you please go through my post one more time.

  Thanks,
  Sam

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  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:53 AM
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  Hi Sam,

  You can define the default value(option set prefix) for Option Set fields for each solution publisher (default value is from 10000 to 99999). In your case you have defined as 284200.

  While defining OptionSet Options we can override the default value to any number like 0, 1 ,2, 3 etc. You will get an alert saying default value is 284200 but it allowed to alter and at platform level you will have no issue. 

  For each OptionSet Option there is a separate entry in database Stringmao table. And all CRM APIs will support OptionSet OptionValue and OptionName. 

  
  

  
  

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  • Proposed as answer by Chandan kumar Choudhary Friday, February 1, 2013 5:23 AM

  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:06 AM
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  hi

  we can add prefix values for option set from publisher as you can see below screen shot

  tange is from 10,000 to 99,999

  see below screen shot

  

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  • Proposed as answer by Chandan kumar Choudhary Friday, February 1, 2013 5:23 AM

  Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:23 AM
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  So unreal, nobody has read my post and everybody is posted same thing in circles :)
  I was asking the merits of overriding those option value numbers.

  Anyway we are all set on this, i have already changed the numbers to 0,1,2...

  I will close the issue.

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  • Marked as answer by itsgonabeme Monday, February 25, 2013 10:04 PM

  Monday, February 25, 2013 10:04 PM