Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition
by Simon Buxton
How it works...
Tiles have two basic properties: the source query and the target form's menu item. When the tile is clicked, the query is applied to the target form, filtering the data. The Copy Query Caller property is important here, and if the filter doesn't appear to work, it is nearly always because this property wasn't set. This technique of applying queries can also be applied to menu items, and we can create menu items that will open the vehicle table filter based on the query. This is done by specifying the Query and Copy Caller Query properties on a duplicate of the menu items.
When experimenting with filters, don't filter based on data that the user can change; a tile for a particular vehicle group would be a bad idea or an anti-pattern. ...
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