Ranked enumerations

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Ranked enumerations

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Hi Team,

Create ranks for enumeration such that you can apply logics based on rank.

e.g. if Status is created for Enums, we can put a condition if status is less than a particular rank - do certain activities like that.

Currently our app is having 13-14 statuses for one document and wherever we need to apply visibility conditions/exclusive checks all the applicable statuses need to write.

but we can change this with rank.

asked 2026-01-13

Ajay Kumar Chinni

3 answers

Ajay Kumar Chinni · Answer 1 · 2026-01-15

Thanks Pim, it was the solution we have used in one of the applications in the past.

I felt it could be included directly in the enum.

In addition to caption and value they can also have a rank in integer / this rank is based on the order of enum values

Luch Klooster · Answer 2 · 2026-01-13

You can make use of EnumReflection part of my marketplace module Convent Commons.

I did make a quick test page and nanoflow. It works for all enumerations. When an enum value is added no code changes are needed. When a value is deleted code changes may be necessary. Maybe I will add enum ranking to a next version of EnumReflection.

Pim Niemeijer · Answer 3 · 2026-01-13

I'd recommend one of the two following ways:

1) Use a helper object to calculate the rank once based on value and use this in your document

2) Create an entity, and for each Enum value, an object/instance of this entity and a rank. Associate this entity with your document / main object, and retrieve via association, you can then get the rank and use it for visibility