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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

Comparing CALCFIELDS and CALCSUMS

In the Sales Header record, there are FlowFields defined for Amount and "AmountIncludingVAT". These FlowFields are all based on Sums of entries in the SalesLine table. The CalcFormula for Amount is Sum("SalesLine".AmountWHERE(DocumentType=FIELD(DocumentType),DocumentNo.=FIELD(No.))).

CALCSUMS can be used on any integer, big integer, or decimal field with any filter on any table, but for larger datasets, creating a key with a SumIndexField is recommended.

To calculate a TotalOrderAmount value while referencing the Sales Header table, the code can be as simple as this:

"Sales Header".CALCFIELDS (Amount); 

To use TotalOrderAmount := "Sales Header".Amount; to calculate the same value from code directly referencing the Sales Line table, the required code is similar to the following (assuming a Sales Header record has already been read):

"Sales Line".SETRANGE("Document Type","Sales Header...
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