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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

You're reading from  Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

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

Table relations

For the tables where we defined fields that are intended to refer to data in other tables for lookups and validation, we must define their relationships in the referring tables. Sometimes, these relationships are complicated and are dependent on other values within the record.

In table 50103, Playlist Line, we have the No. field. If the Type field contains Resource, then the No. field should contain Resource No.. If the Type field contains Show, then the No. field should contain Radio Show No.. Finally, if the Type field contains Item, the No. field should contain Item No.. The pseudocode (approximate syntax) for that logic can be written as follows:

IF Type = 'Resource' THEN No. := Resource.No. ELSE IF Type = 'Show' THEN No. := Radio Show.No. ELSE IF Type = 'Item' THEN No. := Item.No. 

The syntax to put in Visual Studio Code is displayed in the following screenshot:

Table 50004, Playlist Item Rate, has a similar TableRelation...

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