Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition

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Although this recipe is listed in isolation, this should always be done.

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 SCM 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, while the table's Form Ref property is used to determine the form to be used. The foreign key's details are then used to filter the form. All this happens automatically based on the metadata. ...