New in Business Central 2025 Wave 1: Use SetAutoCalcFields on RecordRef for Better Performance

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With the release of Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 (BC26), developers have something exciting to celebrate—Microsoft has introduced the SetAutoCalcFields method for the RecordRef data type!

This enhancement addresses a long-standing limitation in AL development. Until now, RecordRef did not support SetAutoCalcFields, forcing developers to manually call CalcFields on every record, especially inside loops. This not only increased code verbosity but also impacted performance.