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New custom field doesn't show up in table references

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I extended a standard table in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations by adding a custom field.
I need to set up security privileges on a menu item display that uses this table.
However, when I navigate to the security privilege settings and attempt to configure field-level permissions, my new custom field is not showing up in the list of available fields, despite having synchronized the database, rebuilt the solution
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  • Sohaib Cheema Profile Picture
    49,668 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
    Can you see that new field in the table browser ?
     
     
    Note: change USMF with you own company code, and change the table name from CustTable to your own table name.
  • Sana Hammami Profile Picture
    111 on at
    Hello, 
    Yes it's visible 
     
  • Sana Hammami Profile Picture
    111 on at
    When I create a security privilege and assign it directly to a table, my custom field is visible.
     
    However, when I create a security privilege on a menu item display and select the datasource (CustTable in my case), the custom field does
     
    not appear in the available fields list.
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    Sidick Profile Picture
    168 on at
    Have a look at this post from @André Arnaud de Calavon where he clearly explains how this works.
  • Sohaib Cheema Profile Picture
    49,668 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    I can confirm this behavior in the standard system. A custom field added to a table via an extension does not appear under Data Sources, even though a display menu item is added to the privilege (when the privilege is created from the UI).
     
     
    However, the same custom field appears correctly in the list when accessed through Tables.
     
     
    I believe the reason for this behavior could be that the menu item points to the base form (shipped by Microsoft), and is unaware of the existence of a custom field at the data source level.
     
    You can continue by adding fields under tables.
     
     
  • André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    305,823 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi Sana,
     
    As mentioned above, this is indeed a limitation on the form data sources. Sohaib mentioned the work-around to manage this via the table permissions. Sidick shared my blog with more information about table permissions.

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