diff --git a/pkg/model/utils.go b/pkg/model/utils.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jhump/protoreflect/dynamic"
+)
+
+func GetEnumValue(val *dynamic.Message, name string) string {
+	return val.FindFieldDescriptorByName(name).GetEnumType().
+		FindValueByNumber(val.GetFieldByName(name).(int32)).GetName()
+}