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Rajendra Kumar (Technologies) a posé une question dans #Flow
9 sept., 08:15

Screen Flow Picklist Choices showing duplicate values for dependent picklist in non-English languages

Hi everyone, 

We are facing an unusual issue with a

Salesforce Screen Flow

and wanted to check if anyone has experienced something similar. 

We have a custom

multi-select picklist configured as a restricted dependent picklist

. Its controlling field is a Checkbox (Boolean) field. 

In our Screen Flow, we are using a

"Picklist Choices" Dynamic Choice Set

directly against this field and displaying the values in a DropdownBox. 

The behavior is different depending on the language: 

 

  • English: The values display correctly, with each value appearing only once.
  • Spanish / Portuguese: Each value appears twice in the dropdown. 

    For example:

Día 

Día 

Hora 

Hora 

 

We have already checked a few possible causes: 

 

  • Object Describe confirms there are only 2 active picklist values — no duplicates in the field metadata.
  • There are no custom Value Translation entries configured for this field in Translation Workbench.
  • The object has only one Record Type, so this does not appear to be record-type related.
  • The duplication happens only when the field is configured as a dependent picklist and the language is changed from English to a non-English language. 

    One additional constraint is that the controlling dependency comes from a 

managed package field

, so we cannot remove or modify the controllingField in the subscriber org. Attempting to do so results in: 

Cannot modify managed object: entity=CustomFieldDefinition, field=PicklistControllerEnumOrId, state=installed 

Has anyone seen this behavior? 

We are wondering if this is a known limitation/bug with

Flow's "Picklist Choices" Dynamic Choice Set and dependent picklists when using non-English locales

. 

If so: 

 

  • Is there a known Salesforce issue or official fix?
  • Is this expected behavior with dependent picklists?
  • Is there a recommended workaround?
  • Should we avoid using Picklist Choices for dependent picklists and instead use the native field binding or static Choice resources? 

    Any insights or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

#Flow  #Screen Flow

3 réponses
  1. Kundan Kumar Jha (Infosys)
    9 sept., 15:58

    Hi Rajendra, 

     

    No exact official Known Issue matches this precisely, but there's a related open one: 

    "Incorrect and duplicate picklist values are showing for a multi-select picklist" (W-9269778, Status: In Review, no workaround yet). 

    Reference:

    https://trailblazer.salesforce.com/issues_view?id=a1p4V000001nogNQAQ

     

     

    Given no confirmed fix exists for your exact case, skip Picklist Choices for this field and use one of these instead: 

     

    1. Record Choice Set on PicklistValueInfo, filtered by EntityParticleId and ControllingFieldValue. This queries raw values directly, bypassing whatever translation-label logic is causing the duplication. 

     

    2. Or use the native "Dependent Picklists" screen component, built specifically for controlling/dependent picklist pairs:

    https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_screencmp_dependentpicklists.htm&type=5

     

     

    Both avoid the automatic locale/label resolution that Picklist Choices relies on, which is the likely root cause here. 

     

    Also worth filing a case with Support referencing this exact repro, since it's specific enough (locale + dependent + managed package controller) that it may not be tracked yet.

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