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FlowField Search on List Pages

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Posted on by ericb27 15

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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Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Miljan Milosavljevic Profile Picture
    Miljan Milosavljevic 15 on at
    RE: FlowField Search on List Pages

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

  • Suggested answer
    Steven Renders Profile Picture
    Steven Renders 5,401 Moderator on at
    RE: FlowField Search on List Pages

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

    experience.dynamics.com/.../

  • Suggested answer
    Teddy Herryanto (That NAV Guy) Profile Picture
    Teddy Herryanto (Th... 13,197 Moderator on at
    RE: FlowField Search on List Pages

    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.

  • ericb27 Profile Picture
    ericb27 15 on at
    RE: FlowField Search on List Pages

    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?

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 45,585 on at
    RE: FlowField Search on List Pages

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

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