pac modelbuilder – Ability to control enum language (FR/EN) or naming to avoid accents

[sybaris]

Hi,

I’m using pac modelbuilder to generate C# entities and enums from Dataverse metadata.
One recurring issue we face in real-world projects is language-dependent enum generation.

Context

• Our Dataverse environments are created in French (1036) as the default organization language.
• OptionSet labels therefore contain accented characters (é, è, à, ç, …).
• Ours OptionSet labels are translated in English (1033) as well.
• When running:
  pac modelbuilder build --settingsTemplateFile builderSettings.json
  the generated C# enums use the localized labels, resulting in enum member names with accents or language-specific wording.

Example

OptionSet labels:

• Livré (French) / Delivered (English)
• Objet à livrer (French) / Item to be delivered (English)

Actual behavior (current pac modelbuilder output - Generated enum) :

public enum OrderStatus
{
    Livr = 100000000,
    Objet_livrer = 100000001
}

Expected behavior :

public enum OrderStatus
{
    Delivered = 100000000,
    Item_to_be_delivered = 100000001
}

This causes several problems:

• Accented characters are silently removed, producing incorrect or unclear identifiers
• Enum names become language-dependent
• The generated code is less readable and harder to maintain

Question / Feature request

Even though the organization default language is French, we would like pac modelbuilder to generate enums using the English labels when they exist, in order to produce language-neutral, ASCII-safe enum names.
Is there:

• a supported way (or planned option) to select the label language used for enum generation?
• or a roadmap item to allow language selection or invariant enum naming (e.g. prefer English labels, ASCII-only names, or normalized identifiers like UPPER_SNAKE_CASE)?

Thank you for your time and for the work on the Power Platform CLI — it is a key part of our Dataverse development workflow.

Regards
Sybaris

[petrochuk]

It would be better to start issue here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseModelBuilder/. This is where library that PAC CLI is located.

[sybaris]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.
I found someone with the same needs : microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseModelBuilder#12
I have added a post...

Regards
Sybaris

[petrochuk]

Closing this issue here. As soon as new version of Model Builder package is available PAC CLI will start using it.