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Posted on by fudgi

Hi there,

i set a filter on a a record and for each record i need to set a specific Boolean to true or false.

Now the problem is that there are many booleans! Is there a way to assigned variables dynamically?

Basically what i'm asking is: are there variable variable-names?

Background: the property ShowMandatory on a page field is set through variables on the Item Card. And as you know: The Item Card got many fields by default.

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Inge M. Bruvik 1,161 Moderator on at

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Maybe recordref is what you are looking for?

learn.microsoft.com/.../recordref-data-type

That lets you dynamically access any field in any table in BC.

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YUN ZHU 98,345 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, There is a simple example in method 3 below, hope will give you some hints.

Using RecordRef Data Type, FieldRef Data Type and Field table.

https://yzhums.com/28900/

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ZHU

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fudgi 5 on at

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thx for your answer, but i think it wouldn't help me setting all the different variables in a more comfortable way:

each field has its own variable, because they can each have a different state in my scenario.

that's why i thought there might be a way of saying "isfield<variable>Mandatory := checkMandatoryState();".

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DAnny3211 11,407 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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hello

what you would like to do would have been possible if the shomandatory property had accepted functions.

but the shomandatory property cannot validate an AL function.

greetings

DAniele

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