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Generate a list of mandatory fields

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Posted on by Rikard Ekengren 52

Hi,

I wonder if it's possible to generate a list of mandatory fields in AX 2009? For example the mandatory fields when creating a customer.

Can you export this type of data from AX to Excel? It would help me a lot when doing migration since then I know what fields I must have.

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    Rustem Galiamov Profile Picture
    Rustem Galiamov 8,072 on at

    Hi Rikard Ekengren!

    To get the all mandatory fields from particular table you should use DictTable and DictField classes. For example:

    static void CheckMandatoryFieldsOnTable(Args _args)
{
    DictTable dictTable;
    DictField dictField;
    int       i;
    TableId   tableId = tableNum(CustTable);
    ;
    
    dictTable = new DictTable(tableId);
    
    for (i=1 ; i <= dictTable.fieldCnt(); i++)
    {
        dictField = new DictField(tableId, dictTable.fieldCnt2Id(i));
        
        if (dictField.mandatory())
        {
            info(dictField.name());
        }
    }
}


    But the tables not only the place where mandatory fields can be determine. You can set mandatory property to controls on a form.

  • Rikard Ekengren Profile Picture
    Rikard Ekengren 52 on at

    Hi Rustem,

    Thank you for quick response. Your suggestion sounds great but I'm not sure how to generate the list with this code.

    Do I do it while I'm inside the AOT inside AX?

    Regards

    Rikard

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    Rustem Galiamov Profile Picture
    Rustem Galiamov 8,072 on at

    Yes, inside AOT inside AX. But this is part of code what you're should write.

    You're should complete the code with export to Excel function with all tables list from AOT.

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