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Display method on a form grid using Table Field Group.

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Posted on by Bharath B J 85

Hi All,

This question is on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.

I have a Form A, which has a Grid that comes from its Table Field group. I have a display method that needs to be added to the existing field group. I referred various blogs and ended up creating a New field on the Field Group and marked the Data Field property as : "MyTable_Extension::description". 

Even though the build was successful, I'm unable to view this newly added display method on the Form.

I have built the solution and done a sync as well.

Am i missing something? 

Edit: I would like to add that I have created an extension of Form A from another model, into my current model.

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  • Moeen Ahmed Sultan Profile Picture
    Moeen Ahmed Sultan 1,402 on at

    Hi,

    Are you viewing other fields correctly?

  • Bharath B J Profile Picture
    Bharath B J 85 on at

    Yes Moeen. I'm able to view the other fields correctly.

  • Suggested answer
    nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    nmaenpaa 101,162 Moderator on at

    Just add the display method to the table field group (drag-drop the method in table designer), then right click - restore on the form data source. Now the grid is refreshed and it shows also all new fields from the field group.

    Edit: sorry, the drag-drop is not possible if your method is created in extension class.

    Do you see your new method in the dropdown list where you select data method for the form field?

  • Suggested answer
    Moeen Ahmed Sultan Profile Picture
    Moeen Ahmed Sultan 1,402 on at

    Hi,

    If you have a FormA which uses the TableA on it's grid. You need to do the following steps to the show the column on grid using display method:

    • Create a class with the name TableA_Extension
    • Make the class public and static
    • Add a display method in the class
    • Make the method public and static
    • You class will look like as follows:
    [ExtensionOf(tableStr(TableA))]
public static class TableA_Extension 
{
     [SysClientCacheDataMethodAttribute(true)]
     public static display Name testing(TableA _this) 
     { 
          //Write your logic here 
          return "something";
     }
}

    Note: testing is the name of the method

    • Add a new column on the grid
    • Set the Data source property of the column on grid
    • Set the Data method property of the column as TableA_Extension::testing 
    • Build and synchronize the project
    • Now, run the form in the browser and verify the results

  • Bharath B J Profile Picture
    Bharath B J 85 on at

    Initially I was not able to see my method in the drop-down list.

    Now, in the display method, i added "[ExtensionOf(tableStr(MyTable))]" and then it was visible in the drop-down and that resolved my issue.

    Thanks!

  • Bharath B J Profile Picture
    Bharath B J 85 on at

    Hi Moeen,

    Your solution works if its a direct addition on the Grid. This was the one of the solutions i tried.

    To the code below,

    public static class TableA_Extension

    {

        [SysClientCacheDataMethodAttribute(true)]

        public static display Name testing(TableA _this)

        {

             //Write your logic here

             return "something";

        }

    }

    I added another line "[ExtensionOf(tableStr(MyTable))]" before "public static class TableA_Extension" and now its all working! Thanks!

  • Moeen Ahmed Sultan Profile Picture
    Moeen Ahmed Sultan 1,402 on at

    Edited the post and added your recommendation. Thanks for correcting.

    Please verify the answer. Thanks

  • manasak710 Profile Picture
    manasak710 10 on at

    Is it possible to add a display method that is part of table extension class to table field group?

  • manasak710 Profile Picture
    manasak710 10 on at

    I dont want to add the display method directly to form grid, instead i would like to add it to field group of a table and then call that field group in form design.

  • Suggested answer
    nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    nmaenpaa 101,162 Moderator on at

    Yes.

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