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Change View Column Title with Javascript

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Posted on by MDS 1,779


I need to change a column title on a view. I know I can change the display name on the field, but that leaves the related entity displayed in the column title which is a problem for me.

Old column title: Investment (Parent Account)

New column title: Investment

I'm loading a web resource jscript as follows, but nothing is happening:

function changeColumnText() {
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("label:contains('Investment (Parent Account)')").text('Investment');
    });
}

What am I missing?

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  • ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,475 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    Add data duplication - on the account entity, create a field called "Parent Account Investment" (or whatever other name you like), and use a workflow to set that field whenever "Investment" field is updated on the Parent Account (although, again you'll probably need a custom workflow activity/plugin to do that.. but, at least, it'll be done in a supported way). Then use it in the views.

  • MDS Profile Picture
    MDS 1,779 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    Thanks Alex. That all looks a bit beyond my rudimentary dev skills!

    My goal is to produce a CSV from a view in CRM but the column title must not include the related entity information. Are there any other option available to me?

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    ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,475 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    Looks like those instructions are somewhat incomplete. Adding a web resource to Dynamics does nothing until you load that web resource somehow. You can add it to a form, but, it seems you need this in the dashboards/main views.

    In which case you might try loading it as a web resource for a button:

    crmblocks.blogspot.ca/.../how-to-implement-enable-rule-on-ribbon.html

    Maybe create an additional custom rule for one of the default buttons:

    ribbonworkbench.uservoice.com/.../81981-2-customising-standard-ribbons

  • MDS Profile Picture
    MDS 1,779 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    Alex - thanks.

    I am following the instructions in this post stackoverflow.com/.../dynamics-crm-365-queue-view-remove-object-label-in-column

  • ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,475 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    So how are you loading the web resource?

    In either case, you need to call that function somehow. Might probably try removing the function and leaving just this code:

    $(document).ready(function () {

           $("label:contains('Investment (Parent Account)')").text('Investment');

       });

    Although, it depends on whether JQuery will be loaded.. back to the question of how are you loading the web resource.

  • MDS Profile Picture
    MDS 1,779 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    No..... I didn't think that was an option on a View, just a entity form?

  • ashlega Profile Picture
    ashlega 34,475 on at
    RE: Change View Column Title with Javascript

    Hi,

     I am not sure - that's completely unsupported, of course - but I'm wondering if you have added changeColumnText to the onLoad?

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