Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

FieldClass - FlowFilter

FlowFilters control the calculation of FlowFields in the table (when the FlowFilters are included in the CalcFormula). FlowFilters do not contain permanent data, but instead contain filters on a per user basis, with the information stored in that user's instance of the code being executed. A FlowFilter field allows a filter to be entered at a parent record level by the user (for example, G/L Account) and applied (through the use of FlowField formulas, for example) to constrain what child data (for example, G/L Entry records) is selected.

A FlowFilter allows us to provide flexible data selection functions to the users. The user does not need to have a full understanding of the data structure to apply filtering in intuitive ...