News.mscrm-addons.com BlogHello and welcome to our blog! What can we do for you? Are you looking for further technical information or step-by-step instructions to our products? Or would you like to read the latest news on mscrm-addons? Please feel free to browse our blog for detailed information and to share our posts! https://www.mscrm-addons.com/BlogHow to find out the internal value of an option fieldhttps://www.mscrm-addons.com/Blog/PostId/10153/how-to-find-out-the-internal-value-of-an-option-field*General*Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:14:37 GMT<p>This short blog article outlines how to search for the internal value of an option field.&nbsp;</p> <p>The selectable options from option fields always consist of two values, a display value <g class="gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="13" data-gr-id="13">and</g> an internal value.&nbsp;</p> <p>For example:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Field: </strong>Status</li> <li><strong>Display Values:</strong> Active, Inactive</li> <li><strong>Internal Values:</strong> 0, 1<br /> <br /> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Option 1:</strong> Build the desired filter in the advanced find in Dynamics 365 and download the fetchXML.&nbsp;<span>You will now see the internal value, highlighted in red as you can see in the figure below - <strong>Active=0</strong></span></p> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"> <a title="Download the fetchXML " href="/Portals/0/Blog/How_to_find_out_the_internal_value_of_an_option_field/Figure1.png"> <img alt="Download the fetchXML" class="img-responsive" src="/Portals/0/Blog/How_to_find_out_the_internal_value_of_an_option_field/Figure1.png" width="574,5" height="308" /> </a></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><em>Figure 1: Download the fetchXML</em></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Option 2:</strong> Navigate to Dynamics 365 &gt; Settings &gt; Customization and select Customize the System &gt; [Your Entity] &gt; Fields &gt; [Your Field]</p> <p>You can take a look at the properties of this field there and check the internal and display values of all available options.&nbsp;</p> <p> <div class=" data-plugin-options="> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}"><a title="Field properties " href="https://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/How_to_find_out_the_internal_value_of_an_option_field/Figure2.png"><img alt="Field properties" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.mscrm-addons.com/Portals/0/Blog/How_to_find_out_the_internal_value_of_an_option_field/Figure2.png" width="746,5" height="293,5" /></a></div> <div class="lightbox" data-plugin-options="{'delegate': 'a', 'type': 'image', 'gallery': {'enabled': false}}">Figure 2: Field properties&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> </div> </div> </p> <span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><strong>That&rsquo;s it!&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;">We appreciate your feedback! Please share your thoughts by sending an email to&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:office@mscrm-addons.com" style="background-color: #ffffff;">office@mscrm-addons.com</a><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;">.</span></span>10153