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Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields

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I am working on building a clean ready to import dataset in a configuration package while development is going on.
When the developers or Microsoft-update create a new field it does not get added to the fields in the configuration package. (I have no idea why)
 
For this Particular table i have 223 fields, 96 of which need to be checked , the rest unchecked 
 
What I currently Do. 
 
  1. create a new config pack where i can add the table temporarily so that I can draw a fresh list of the fields (this includes the fields missing in my package)
  2. copy the missing fields data or keep it open in another tab for reference
  3. Go to the config package table's fields and enter Edit Mode
  4. Scroll to bottom (make sure all fields are loaded)
  5. CTRL+a -> CTRL+c -> CTRL+v them to an XL file
  6. In XL insert the missing row data based on the data from step 1
  7. Delete the table from the Config Package who's fields I want to update
  8. Readd the table (now the missing fields are included but all fields are set to included for import.
  9. Enter Edit List mode for the fields Scroll to bottom (make sure all fields are loaded)
  10. CTRL+a -> CTRL+v
  11. After following the prompts i now have the missing fields included in my table and I have not lost the order of included and excluded fields.
Is there no way to just tell BC to look for any fields missing from the table in the config package?
Doing this kind of stuff several times a week gives me conniptions.
 
 
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    Yi Yong Profile Picture
    1,986 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields
    Hello, I did testing twice and it is working on my side.
    The fields that were not 'Included' remained as it is.
     
    You can refer to my recording.
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    81,365 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields
    Hi, hope the following helps as well.
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to Export and Import Data (Using Configuration Packages)
     
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
  • mattias_l Profile Picture
    5 on at
    Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields
    Further testing reveals that Clicking on Table >> Fields sets all fields in the table to "Included" 
    So it does not do what I wanted it to do. 
    Strange. 
    I could have sworn that this was not the case yesterday. 
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    mattias_l Profile Picture
    5 on at
    Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields
    Thank you Yi Yong
    If only I had known this a few weeks ago. 
     
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    Yi Yong Profile Picture
    1,986 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Configuration Package : how to add missing newly created fields
    Hello,
     
    Select the table ID row and click on the 'Fields' action button to 'refresh' it.
     

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