I have custom picklist field (Alpha_Type__c) with the following sorts of values:
Option:
A B C – XY
the api name for this is:
a_b_c_x_yA B C D
the api name for this is:
a_b_c_dA B C \ DE
the api name for this is:
a_b_c_d_e
Anyway I use this field in workflow rule to update another field. The formula is simple enough:
RecordType.Name + " Request - " + TEXT(Alpha_Type__c )
Whenever it runs it always uses the Picklist API name in the field update presenting the result as:
Volunteers Request - a_b_c_x_y
When in reality I want it to display the value as:
Volunteers Request - A B C - XY
Has anyone come across this before? I've read the picklist API names were released in Spring 2017 so could it be a bug?
Thanks
EDIT with some images, apologies these relate to vandalism on green spaces – I didn't want to go into detail above but I can't avoid it with it screenshots….first the picklist:
And now the formula in the Field Update:
And finally the end result, subject field populated by the formula via a workflow rule:
I have tried using new values in the picklist and I have tried a different picklist field and again the formula displayed the api name (It is perhaps more noticeable now the api names have underscores etc – in the past (and presumably after the upgrade they value reflected the api name identically…)
Best Answer
So I have found a workaround...with help from Salesforce:
By default the API Name is an exact copy of the Value, it includes spaces, special characters etc.
By enabling the first setting I can avoid encountering this problem by stopping the developers playing with the API names...