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

How to do it...

We will create an EDT for a vehicle number. A vehicle table is of a similar pattern to customers and vendors, and we will extend the Num EDT for this type.

The Num EDT is used (at some level in the type hierarchy) for fields that will use a number sequence.

To create the EDT, follow these steps:

1. Creating an EDT starts in the same way as all new Dynamics 365 items: by pressing Ctrl + Shift + A or right-clicking on a folder in the Solution Explorer and choosing Add | New Item.
2. Select Data Types from the left-hand list, and then select EDT String.
3. In the Name field, enter ConVMSVehicleId and click Add.
4. Next, we need to complete the property sheet; the main properties are covered in the following table:

Property

Value

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