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EDT Tables References

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Hi,

The EDT Table field lookup has changed in R3.

I have set the EDT Reference Table property and Table referenes nodes to a table and table field.

I use that newly created EDT in a Table to do the field lookup but I am not getting the lookup button, neither on the table nor the form.

Am I missing something in R3?

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  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at

    Did you create relation at EDT?

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    Ivan (Vanya) Kashperuk Profile Picture
    Ivan (Vanya) Kashperuk Microsoft Employee on at

    Create a relation on the table itself. That's the way to do relations in AX now

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    KyleLeBarre Profile Picture
    KyleLeBarre 747 on at

    I think this was just a change with 2012. The automatic lookups are done via the table relations, not the EDT.

    If you add an EDT that has the reference table and nodes to a table (via drag and drop), it will prompt you to add a table relationship. Just having the EDT set up without the table relationships won't do much.

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    Mohammad Raziq Ali Profile Picture
    Mohammad Raziq Ali 2,488 on at

    Hi Robert,

    recently, I have raised a thread on this forum which i would like to share with you, so, follow this link   community.dynamics.com/.../148189.aspx

    Thanks,

    Raziq

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    Community Member on at

    With R3, On Custom EDT, you cannot create Relations. Now you have Table references.

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    Community Member on at

    With R3, You created lookup fields through table relation.

    Thanks guys for your help.

  • KyleLeBarre Profile Picture
    KyleLeBarre 747 on at

    You shouldn't add a table reference to your EDT. You should go to the child table and add a relationship to the parent table.

    Example: http://i.imgur.com/rLiv726.jpg

    I literally just added a string field to each table and added a relationship and the lookup works fine.

    I think you only need to set up the EDT with the reference table stuff if you have an unbound control...eg, a field in a dialog. From your previous posts, it doesn't seem like that is the case, though.

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