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# Picklists with Additional Information

These standard picklist fields have additional information that you can edit.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d100012e35">Picklist</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d100012e38">Description</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname" id="picklists_with_additional_information__PartnerRolePicklist"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__PartnerRolePicklist"><!-- --></a>Partner Role</samp> (for accounts)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Roles of account partners, for example, Consultant, Supplier. These options are
              available when you add an account to the Partners related list of an account or
              opportunity. </p>
            <p>To edit, from Setup, enter <kbd>Partner Roles</kbd> in the
              <samp class="parmname">Quick Find</samp> box, then select <strong class="uicontrol">Partner
                Roles</strong>.
            </p>
            <p>Enter the name of the partner role in the
              “Role” column. In the “Reverse Role” column, enter the
              corresponding reverse partner role. Assigning a partner role to an account creates a
              reverse partner relationship so that both accounts list the other as a
              partner.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each role and reverse role value can have up to 40
              characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname" id="picklists_with_additional_information__CasePicklists"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__CasePicklists"><!-- --></a>Priority</samp> (for cases)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Urgency of case, for example, Low, High. </p>
            <p>If you delete a value, you have the
              option to map the deleted value to another existing value in all your org’s
              cases.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each picklist value can have up to 40 characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Status</samp> (for campaign members)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>State of a campaign member, for example, Sent or Responded.</p>
            <p>If you delete a
              Status value, you have the option to map the deleted value to another existing
              value. The new replacement value is automatically added to the member status for
              campaigns that contained the deleted value. </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">If the deleted value is the
              default member status for a campaign, the new replacement value becomes the default
              status for that campaign.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Status</samp> (for cases)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>State of the case, for example, New, On Hold. </p>
            <p>If you delete a value, you have
              the option to map the deleted value to another existing value in all your org’s
              cases.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each picklist value can have up to 40 characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Status</samp> (for contracts)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">State of the contract in the contract business process. You can add values to
            this picklist and organize each value into one of several categories, for example,
            “Draft”, “In Approval Process”, or
            “Activated”. Then sort your contracts using these categories in reports
            and views.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Contact Role</samp> (for contracts)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Role of a contact on a contract, for example, Business User, Decision Maker.
              These options are available when you add a contact to the Contact Roles related list
              of a contract. </p>
            <p>To edit, from Setup, enter <kbd>Contact Roles</kbd> in
              the <samp class="parmname">Quick Find</samp> box, then select <strong class="uicontrol">Contact Roles on
                Contracts</strong>.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each picklist value can have up to 40
              characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname" id="picklists_with_additional_information__LeadStatusPicklistEdit"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__LeadStatusPicklistEdit"><!-- --></a>Lead Status</samp> (for leads)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>State of the lead, for example, Open, Qualified. </p>
            <p>Select one value as the
              “Default Status” assigned to all new leads created manually, via
              imports, or via your website. Select one or more values as the “Converted
              Status” assigned to converted leads. When you convert qualified leads into an
              account, contact, and opportunity, you can select one of the
              “Converted” statuses to assign to the lead. Leads with a
              “Converted” status type are no longer available in the Leads tab,
              although you can include them in reports.</p>
            <p>If you delete a value, you have the
              option to map the deleted value to another existing value in all your org’s
              leads.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each value can have up to 20 characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Contact Role</samp> (for opportunities)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Role of a contact for an opportunity, for example, Business User, Decision Maker.
              These options are available when you add a contact to the Contact Roles related list
              of an opportunity. </p>
            <p>To edit, from Setup, enter <kbd>Contact Roles</kbd>
              in the <samp class="parmname">Quick Find</samp> box, then select <strong class="uicontrol">Contact Roles on
                Opportunities</strong>.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each picklist value can have up to 40
              characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Stage</samp> (for opportunities)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Sales process stages, for example, Prospect, Proposal. This picklist also affects
              the <samp class="parmname">Type</samp> and <samp class="parmname">Forecast Category</samp> values of an
              opportunity. <span id="picklists_with_additional_information__StagePicklistUpdate"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__StagePicklistUpdate"><!-- --></a>Specifically, changing the
                <samp class="parmname">Type</samp> or <samp class="parmname">Forecast Category</samp> for a
                <samp class="parmname">Stage</samp> picklist value updates all opportunities that have that
                stage value.</span></p>
            <p>To edit, from the management settings for opportunities, go to
              Fields, and then click <strong class="uicontrol">Edit</strong> next to Stage.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">To
              deactivate an active stage, click <strong class="uicontrol">Del</strong> next to the stage. On
              the mapping page, don't replace the stage with another existing value; just click
              <strong class="uicontrol">Save</strong>. The stage now appears in the Inactive Stage Picklist
              Values related list. The stage is no longer in use but can exist in older
              opportunity records.
            </p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname" id="picklists_with_additional_information__SolutionPicklists"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__SolutionPicklists"><!-- --></a>Status</samp> (for solutions)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">Status of a solution, for example, Draft, Reviewed. Mark one or more values as
            “Reviewed”. When users solve cases using solutions, they can view which
            solutions have been reviewed and which haven’t. Each picklist value can have up to 40
            characters.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname" id="picklists_with_additional_information__CalendarTaskPicklists"><a name="picklists_with_additional_information__CalendarTaskPicklists"><!-- --></a>Priority</samp> (for tasks)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>Importance of the task, for example, High, Normal, Low. Set one value as the
              default priority of all new tasks, and one value as the highest priority. </p>
            <p>If you
              delete a value, you have the option to map the deleted value to another existing
              value in all your org’s tasks.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each picklist value can have up to 20
              characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Status</samp> (for tasks)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p>State of a task, for example, Not Started, Completed. Choose at least one value
              as the “Closed” status and one value as the “Default”
              status for all new tasks. </p>
            <p>If you delete a value, you have the option to map the
              deleted value to another existing value in all your org’s tasks.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Each
              picklist value can have up to 40 characters.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Picklist" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e35 "><samp class="parmname">Task Type</samp> (for tasks)</td>

          <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d100012e38 ">
            <p><samp class="parmname">Send Email Default</samp> specifies the default task type assigned
              when the task is sending email or mass email, and when tasks are created via inbound
              email, such as Email to Salesforce. <samp class="parmname">Default</samp> specifies the default
              picklist value when creating tasks.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">To edit, from the management settings for tasks,
              go to Fields, and then click <strong class="uicontrol">Edit</strong> next to the picklist value
              that you want to specify as the default.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>

#### See Also

- [Picklist Limitations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.picklist_limitations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The maximum number of characters that you can have in a picklist depends on the type of picklist. Each picklist value includes a line break and a return character that aren’t visible but that count in the character limit.")