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How many keys we can define in Business central

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I have specified 32 fields in keys it is taking but according to documentation it is describes as 16 keys I am attaching the screenshots.6242.key.PNG8322.keys.PNG

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  • P V Sarath Profile Picture
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    RE: How many keys we can define in Business central

    How many fields we can define in a key in  business central

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    93,151 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: How many keys we can define in Business central

    Hi, very interesting question, In my memory, the maximum should be 20 fields. And only the first 16 are used.

    This is mentioned in the documentation, but I haven't tried more than 30.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-table-keys#primary-keys

    pastedimage1648617638807v1.png

    Hope this will help.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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