Grouping values in a table-managed VL

[agutleben]

I am changing a custom values list to be a table managed list. The custom values list looks like so:

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I need to be able to keep the grouped values together and use the separators. I have found that I can use a space in the separator records to get around the duplicate values issue. My problem is that I am left with an additional "sort" value in the value list when trying to keep my grouping of values correct. Any thoughts about how to elegantly recreate this custom values list in a table managed solution?

TIA,

Aaron