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Add a microflow function to find an enumeration value by key.

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I've had too many times a situation where I find myself with a string value and have to find a corresponding enumeration value for it. Mostly in data transport situations between various systems. 

So I was wondering: if we can have 'getCaption' and 'getKey' for enumeration values, would it not be helpful to also have at least a 'findByKey' for enumeration values (I can understand 'findByCaption' would be challenging in multi-lingual apps)

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I agree, it would be useful to have an option in Mendix to convert a string into an enumeration value.

Currently you can achieve this through a Java Action EnumerationFromString  in Community Commons, but built-in would be better =)

 

I think this is the same idea as

https://community.mendix.com/link/space/studio-pro/ideas/306

https://community.mendix.com/link/space/studio-pro/ideas/2079

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