Adding common picklist values

You can add commonly used picklist values to your picklist and then edit them as needed. This is useful if you need to create similar picklists with a few differences between them.

To add common picklist values to a picklist:

  1. Click Settings An image of the Settings menu icon, which is represented by a black cog..
  2. Click Manage Picklists in the Database Setup area.
  3. Open an existing picklist, or create a new one.
  4. Click the Picklist drop-down menu in the upper-right corner, then click Add Common Picklist.

    An image of the Picklist drop-down menu with Add Common Picklist highlighted.

  5. Select a list of values from the Standard List drop-down. These standard lists come pre-loaded with Oracle Eloqua.

    An image of the Standard List drop-down.

  6. (Optional) Click View to get a preview of the selected list of values.

    An image of the View button.

  7. (Optional) Select Add After, then select a value from the adjacent list. This will place all of the new values immediately after the selected, currently existing value in your custom picklist. For example, if you select the last value from your custom picklist, then the imported values will appear below that value.

    An image of the Add After checkbox and drop-down list.

  8. Click Add. The values are added to the picklist.

You can edit the values within the picklist or remove them as needed.

An image of the picklist with values added to it.

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