A global picklist is a restricted picklist by nature. Only a Salesforce admin can add to or modify its values. Users can’t add unapproved values, even through the API.
- From Setup, enter Picklist in the Quick Find box, then select Picklist Value Sets.
- Next to Global Value Sets, click New.
- Enter a label for the global value set. This name appears in Setup, and when users create a picklist based on this global value set.
- To tell users what these values are for, enter a specific description of the global value set. This text appears on the Picklist Value Sets list page in Setup.
- Enter the values, one per line.
- Optionally choose to sort the values alphabetically or to use the first value in the list as the default value, or both.
- If you select both options, Salesforce alphabetizes the entries and then sets the first alphabetized value as the default.
- Click Save.