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Posted on by MiguelRospa

Hello everyone,

I would like to change the default view (All) in the OnOpenPage triger of the project page to another one that has been created by us. I know that I can set the same filters with SetRange and SetFilter but the name of the filter is still All and I want it to be Opened (Rospa). That is, I want to simulate the user clicking on the custom view, not change the default view. The environment is OnPremise and version 16:

Is it possible?.

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,373 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

I hope this can help you and give you some hints: Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to set the default view/layout for a list page (Predefined List View) | Dynamics 365 Lab (yzhums.com)

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MiguelRospa 95 on at

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Thanks for your reply. I've already seen that page but it doesn't solve my problem, so I'm writing on the forum. On that page a new window or a pop-up window opens on the same page. I want to change the selected view in the OnOpenPage event. I've seen in this thread (https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=d3387e4d-eecf-ee11-9079-0022482447f6) that it seems you might know how to do it: "So if you want to have a default view, in the open event of the page you could apply the desired filter."

Could you help me?

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DAnny3211 11,397 on at

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Hi Miquel 👋

Thanks for your question!

In Business Central OnPremise (version 16), it's not currently possible to programmatically simulate a user selecting a saved view (like "Opened (Rospa)") via AL code in the OnOpenPage trigger. The SetRange and SetFilter methods can replicate the filter logic, but they won’t change the view name shown in the UI—this remains "All" unless the user manually selects a different view.

✅ What you can do:

Use SetView to apply filters and sorting that match your custom view.

Optionally, guide users to select the saved view manually if the view name is important for clarity.

⚠️ Limitations:

There’s no public API or AL method to programmatically activate a saved view by name.

This behavior is by design to preserve user control over view selection.

💡 Alternative approach:
If this is a frequent need, consider creating a custom action or page extension that applies the desired filters and labels the view accordingly.

Hope this helps!
✅ Please mark this reply as helpful if it answered your question.
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YUN ZHU 95,748 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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As far as I know, the method mentioned in my blog post is the only one currently.
You can also try the following method without opening a new page, but it's more complicated.

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Using Hyperlink() Method to open a URL in a current session without opening a new tab in the browser

https://yzhums.com/29051/

However, if you are not switching views, but adding default filters, this can be done in the OnOpenPage Trigger.

More details: Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to make some filters mandatory on the list page (users can not change or remove)

https://yzhums.com/8427/

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU

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