Hi Folks, I am hoping someone has an answer out there. I am wanting to promote the "Product Family" from the Product object to a Picklist Value Set. Everything, I'm reading states you cannot do this first it is not restricted and second it is a standard picklist so they cannot be promoted. However, I'm trying to get my company to work with standard fields where ever possible and rather than use Product Lines we are currently using Product Family. That is all good and well, however, when I want to us the Product Family on other objects that means I have to create a separate Picklist Value Set and maintain both.
I like to work on the beer truck theory here (Thanks Harry), if I get hit by a beer truck on my way to work someone needs to be able to come in and pickup where I left off. Having to remember multiple picklist update locations is a relic from the pre-Global Picklist days. I am hoping someone has a recommended solution. I did find an app to help convert picklists to global picklist that was created by Salesforce Labs (Vladimir Gerasimov), however, that requires the picklist value to be a "Restricted" list as well and I can't make the Family filed a restricted picklist value.
Any advise is greatly welcome. Hoping this is on the future scope almost as much as I'm hoping Dynamic Pages will come to standard objects.
Thank you Ambon, that was my fear I was more looking to use the family field from the products in other objects. I do like the flow idea, it just seems to go against the grain of the AWESOME Global Picklists. (Picklist Value Sets). Well if Salesforce is listening this would be really awesome if you could allow standard picklist to be promoted to picklist value sets.
