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EDT Extension properties question: No Of Decimals: Shows as Auto when viewed from Solution Explorer, but when opened and selected show my change to 4

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Posted on by jt1024 197

Hello,

New D365 developer here again. This question is about understanding how properties are set and viewed in Visual studio.

Scenario: I have an Extended Data Type Extension (EDT Extension) where I have changed the number of decimal places and saved the EDT Extension. When I select the item in the Solution Explorer it still shows Auto, but when I open the EDT Extension for editing I see the setting I made to No Of Decimals.  See below:

When I select my EDT Extension in the Solution Explorer, this is what I see for No Of Decimals:

Screenshot-2023_2D00_04_2D00_13-at-6.08.56-PM.png

But I've opened that element, changed it and saved it and when opened it shows this:

Screenshot-2023_2D00_04_2D00_13-at-6.10.10-PM.png

Note here it shows 4 decimals. 

I've saved it. Then I did a full build of the related Model show (WWISupplyChain)

I must be missing doing something and I figure this is just another quirk to learn.

Any help from the community of those waaaay more knowledgeabe than myself would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

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  • Mohit Rampal Profile Picture
    Mohit Rampal 12,565 Moderator on at

    Hi Jim, Have you build project with 'Synchronize Database on Build' as True.

  • jt1024 Profile Picture
    jt1024 197 on at

    Hello Mohit,

    I did a synchronize database by itself, but that didn't change what I reported above.  So now I'm doing a build where on the options tab I selected Synchronize Database.  I'll see if that works.

    - Jim

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    Bharani Preetham Peraka Profile Picture
    Bharani Preetham Pe... 3,634 Moderator on at

    If you extend the standard and change property also, the changes will be seen only in the extension not in standard.

    Now check by assigning a value for that field and see how it is behaving.

  • jt1024 Profile Picture
    jt1024 197 on at

    Look at my pictures in my question. I only changed the No Of Decimals property on my EDT Extension.  What is different is how I'm viewing it.

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    Mohit Rampal Profile Picture
    Mohit Rampal 12,565 Moderator on at

    Agree, I can see EDT extension changes both in Designer as well at project level. How about UI behavior, is your changes reflected in terms of no. of decimals?

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    jt1024 197 on at

    Hello Mohit,

    Yes I see my changes in my environment now.  Turns out the mis-match I was seeing in my original question was due to not having done a build and sync as you suggested.  Once again thanks to you, now I know! :-)

    Of course... one hurdle solved.. and another created... ahaha.   Now the interface for PO entry tells me, after entering 1.2599 meters for a length of product: "The order quantity must be a multiple of 0.00.".. so now I'm off to figure out why it's doing that.

    Best Regards,

    - Jim

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