A value set is a definition of the values approved for entry or display by a particular flexfield segment. A value set may also CONTAIN a LIST of actual approved values although this is not required.

• Some value sets permit a limited range of values; others permit only certain values; others have minimal restrictions.
• Different flexfields can share the same value set. For example, a value set containing the names of regional offices could be used by many different flexfields.
• Different segments of the same flexfield can use the same value set, for example a date value set. Segments defined to different structures of the same flexfield can share value set. Many of the report parameters used with Standard Request SUBMISSION (SRS) forms are TIED to SHARED value sets.
• Value sets do not have to have the same actual values defined for them.

A value set is a definition of the values approved for entry or display by a particular flexfield segment. A value set may also contain a list of actual approved values although this is not required.