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FlowField Search on List Pages

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I have been adding flowfields for lookup data to various list pages. For example here is a snip it from a table extension to add a lookup to a customer name.

field(50221; TSCustomerName; Text[100])
{
    Caption = 'Customer Name';
    FieldClass = FlowField;
    CalcFormula = lookup (Customer.Name where("No." = field("Customer No.")));
}

I then added the field to the list page in a page extension.


field("TSCustomer Name"; TSCustomerName)
{
    ApplicationArea = All;
    Visible = True;
}

I noticed after users reported that these flow fields are not searchable from the search field on list views in the Business Central Web Client. You can filter them however. Am I missing something or are these fields not searchable at all?

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    50,269 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    I believe that is true since they are flowfields, you can filter only.

  • ericb27 Profile Picture
    15 on at

    My fear seems to be confirmed. So is the only solution to add the columns directly to the table and copy values from the other table on trigger?

  • Suggested answer
    Teddy Herryanto (That NAV Guy) Profile Picture
    14,300 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    If you want to use the search field, you need the value on the table. Talk to the users and see if it is alright to use the filter.

    Depending on how you design it, you will need to put the trigger in a couple of places.

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    Steven Renders Profile Picture
    5,682 Moderator on at

    There's an idea that you can vote for here:

    experience.dynamics.com/.../

  • Miljan Milosavljevic Profile Picture
    15 on at

    Just voted for this Idea,.I hope it will make it to the some of the next releases.

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