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Unable to Hide Fields Conditionally in FactBox

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I have several fields in a FactBox, and I want to control their visibility dynamically based on certain conditions.

However, even after setting the Visible property (or using a Boolean variable), I am unable to hide those fields—they remain visible.

Is there any limitation or specific approach required to control field visibility in a FactBox page?

Has anyone encountered a similar issue or knows the correct way to hide FactBox fields conditionally?

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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    OussamaSabbouh 19,544 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at
    Hello,
     
    Yes, this is a common FactBox limitation: you cannot control visibility of FactBox fields from the parent page—only the FactBox page itself can do that. To hide fields conditionally, the logic must live inside the FactBox (CardPart/ListPart) using a global Boolean variable bound to Visible, usually marked with [InDataSet], and set in OnAfterGetCurrRecord or OnOpenPage, often followed by CurrPage.Update(false) so the client refreshes. If the condition depends on context (where it’s opened from), expose a public procedure on the FactBox and call it from the host page. Expecting the host page to hide individual FactBox fields is not supported.
    Regards,
    Oussama 
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    Rudylar 117 on at

    [InDataSet] is going Obsolete…

    My Usecase: PageA lists records of TableA. Factbox (has SubPageLink with PageA) is located on PageA. TableA/Field1 (integer) shall be Visible only if value>0. Factbox shall be updated on record selection in PageA.

    “global Boolean variable bound to Visible, usually marked with [InDataSet], and set in OnAfterGetCurrRecord or OnOpenPage, often followed by CurrPage.Update(false) so the client refreshes” → does not work for me

     

    “If the condition depends on context (where it’s opened from), expose a public procedure on the FactBox and call it from the host page.” → public procedure on the factbox side and using a CurrPage.Factbox.Page.PublicProcedure(Rec) would NOT work either.

    Seems that only fields' values are being updated while selecting another record in the main page. Everything visual only gets loaded OnPageOpen(). I also could update it OnInit().
     

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    Ahmad Subhani Profile Picture
    Ahmad Subhani 827 on at

    Hi,

    This is a known limitation in Business Central. FactBox field visibility works correctly only when controlled through a Boolean variable bound to the Visible property, but you must trigger the update via 

    • CurrPage.Update() 

    • OnAfterGetRecord

    • OnAfterGetCurrRecord

    of the FactBox page itself (not just the parent page) otherwise the FactBox doesn't re-render.

     

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