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Ian ClancyIan Clancy 

Is there a way to create a new child record for each selection in a multi-select picklist?

Is there a way to create a new child record for each selection in a multi-select picklist?
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Sanjay.GeorgeSanjay.George
Hi Ian,

You will need to write a trigger to do so. You may write a after insert trigger to process the multi-picklist values and create a new child record.

Sample code 
Trigger CreateChild_AI_AU on <Object> (after insert , after update){


List<string> Temp;
for(<object> c: Trigger.New){
     for(string str: c.mulltipicklist__C.split(';'){
                           /// Create child and add them to a list

     }
}


}

Note: It will be better to use a map to avoid for in a for and you would also need to have a logic to handle removal of multi-picklist options.

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Sanjay.GeorgeSanjay.George
Hi Ian,

You will need to write a trigger to do so. You may write a after insert trigger to process the multi-picklist values and create a new child record.

Sample code 
Trigger CreateChild_AI_AU on <Object> (after insert , after update){


List<string> Temp;
for(<object> c: Trigger.New){
     for(string str: c.mulltipicklist__C.split(';'){
                           /// Create child and add them to a list

     }
}


}

Note: It will be better to use a map to avoid for in a for and you would also need to have a logic to handle removal of multi-picklist options.
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Ian ClancyIan Clancy
Thank you!