Updating multi-select pick list via API

[Anonymous]

I need a multi-select pick list that can be accessed and updated via the API. This will be a Market custom field. I am trying to figure out how to set this up and if there is a workaround, since a Marketo custom field does not have this type.

Thanks in advance. 

Rajesh

[Anonymous]

I would be interested to know this to if somebody has some information please share.

In addition if there is a way/work around to have check and bound to maintain a picklist type attribute in interface also, that would be great.

[Anonymous]

One potential workaround is create a custom field with the data type string. I would treat the set of possible permutations a user could input as enumerated types. Then I would pass the particular permutation the user selects as a string into the custom field. So when a person is using Marketo, they can segment based on this custom field because there is a known set of inputs. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated_type

Blog post on updating a custom field:
http://developers.marketo.com/blog/create-a-custom-field-in-marketo-and-update-this-field-via-api/

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response Murtza. This seems to be a possible workaround. Will check in if I see any issues.