Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations Cookbook

How it works...

Although this recipe is listed in isolation, it should always be done as part of the process. For example, the process of creating a Parameter table involves four main steps:

1. Create the table
2. Create the form
3. Create the menu item
4. Add the menu item to the menu

Nearly all of the tables that we create in Operations will have a form that is used to maintain it. So, the last part of the table's design is to tell the table design which form is used for that purpose. This is how the View details option works in the client. The foreign key is used to determine the table, and the table's Form Ref property is used to determine the form to be used. The foreign key details are then used to filter the form. All this happens automatically ...