Enumerations can be very useful in Mendix. For example they are the only type other than a boolean, that can be used to Split your microflow. Also, each value can an image, which you can show in your data grids.
Sometimes it is necessary to convert an enumeration value to a string and vice versa. For example when using SOAP webservices where you do not want (or are not allowed to) use Enums.
In this blog post I show how to convert between Enum-values and strings, and explain why this is best way to do it. I will use the following enumeration as an example:
