Cannot use the same Text within an enumeration

Hi A12 SME team,

I am modeling nationalities and passport-issued countries using enumeration as the data type. One weird validation from SME is that it does not allow 2 Texts to have the same value.

Why? It makes sense if this is about the “value”, meaning a unique indentation. But why the text, which is for displaying is, required to be unique? For example, how do you model CountrySpeakingLanguage that both Germany and Austria speak German?

Hi @thuan-rocky-core

The text values need to be different so that the end user of the application sees a difference between the two selections.

Currently you’re asking the user to choose between:

  • German
  • German

The only difference is in the backend and invisible to the user.

Can you explain your requirement in more detail and we can try and find the best solution?

Thank @malcolm-silver-ice! SME has a valid point. I need to modify my models or their values.