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Hi,

If let's say my model name is WonderLandCompany.

when i now want to create tables, forms..etc
What's the best practice for the prefix?
is it WonderLandCompanyTable1 or WonderLandTable1 or WLCTable1?
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    Martin Dráb 230,966 Most Valuable Professional on at
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    junior AX, please either verify the answer or tell us what else you need to know before this thread can be closed.
     
    Consult the help page Suggested and verified forum answers if needed.
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    GirishS 27,821 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
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    Hi Junior,
     
    As all suggested there is no naming convention for model name.
    But you can provide information about the model under Model description text box. You can provide information about the objects that will hold the models, for examples the tables.
     
     
    Thanks,
    Girish S.
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    Hana Xue Microsoft Employee on at
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    Hi,
    The naming prefix in the model should be as short as possible and can indicate the purpose of the model, and there are no special naming rules. In addition, I found related articles on naming model elements and naming extensions for you, and you can briefly view them if you need them.
    Naming guidelines for extensions - Finance & Operations | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Learn
    Best Regards,
    Hana
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    Mohit Rampal 12,554 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
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    Hi, As Andre mentioned its your preference but better to keep it short and I too would use WLC for WonderLandCompany.
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    André Arnaud de Cal... 292,187 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
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    Hi junior AX,
     
    There is no written best practice for this. Usually, an abbreviation is used as it would be much shorter.  
    When doing some personal development and code sharing, I use for the name "Dynamicspedia" the prefix "DynPed". In this case, "DP" would be too generic in my opinion. I find "Dynamicspedia" a bit too long for a prefix.
     
    Personally, I would choose for WLC as prefix for element names for your example

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