Hello CRM Elite,
By default there is no way to import values for a Global Picklist or Optionset. I have had to do this very time consuming task but I did find it quicker to enter the values via the actual customizations.xml when you export the solution.
For example this picklist is looking for Countries.
<optionset Name="dev_countries" localizedName="Countries" description="A list of countries">
<OptionSetType>picklist</OptionSetType>
<IsGlobal>1</IsGlobal>
<IsCustomizable>1</IsCustomizable>
<displaynames>
<displayname description="Countries" languagecode="1033" />
</displaynames>
<Descriptions>
<Description description="A list of countries" languagecode="1033" />
</Descriptions>
<options>
<option value="752850000">
<labels>
<label description="Canada" languagecode="1033" />
</labels>
<Descriptions>
<Description description="" languagecode="1033" />
</Descriptions>
</option>
<option value="752850001">
<labels>
<label description="US" languagecode="1033" />
</labels>
<Descriptions>
<Description description="" languagecode="1033" />
</Descriptions>
</option>
</options>
</optionset>
I simplely tool the following code:
<option value="752850001">
<labels>
<label description="US" languagecode="1033" />
</labels>
<Descriptions>
<Description description="" languagecode="1033" />
</Descriptions>
</option>
Then I created a quick function in Excel to prepoulate the Label description and auto increment the the option value. I simply the copy and pasted all of the premade option values back into the customization file and reimported the solution. The whole thing
took me about five minuets and gave me a completly reusable tool to use in the future.
Jason Cosman
