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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Pages 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Authors (3):
Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface Introduction to Business Central Tables Data Types and Fields Pages - The Interactive Interface Queries and Reports Introduction to AL Intermediate AL Advanced AL Development Tools Successful Conclusions Assessments Other Books You May Enjoy

The SETFILTER function

SETFILTER allows us to define and apply any filter expression that could be created manually, including various combinations of ranges, AL operators, and even wild cards. The SETFILTER syntax is as follows:

Record.SETFILTER ( Field, FilterString [, FilterValue1], . . . ] ); 

SETFILTER also can be applied to Query objects with similar syntax:

Query.SETFILTER ( ColumnName, FilterString  
[, FilterValue1], . . . ] ); 

FilterString can be a literal, such as '1000..20000' or 'A*|B*|C*', but this is not good practice. Optionally (and preferably), we can use variable tokens in the form of %1, %2, %3, and so forth, representing variables (but not operators) such as FilterValue1, FilterValue2, and so forth to be substituted in the filter string at runtime. This construct allows us to create filters whose data values can be defined dynamically at runtime. A new SETFILTER replaces any previous filtering in the same filter group (this will be discussed...

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