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How to change the display name of the lookup field

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Hello,

I am new to CRM and I am looking for an help to change the display name of the lookup field in related entity. By default the lookup shows the primary column field name, but instead I wanted the lookup to show other field name within the table. I have come across the below URL, but the given code doesn't seem to work.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/paf/how-to-display-related-entity-field-in-a-crm-lookup-instead-of-the-primary-entity-field 

Any help or suggestion is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Gowtham

  • Gowtham89 Profile Picture
    Gowtham89 138 on at
    RE: How to change the display name of the lookup field

    Thank you so much, I was able to figure out the issue and the functionality is working now as suggested. Thanks again for your assistance.

    Thanks

    Gowtham

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    Gowtham89 138 on at
    RE: How to change the display name of the lookup field

    Thank You,

    The above code is to change the display name of the lookup field. But it doesn't do anything and it doesn't throw any error as well, which makes me believe I am going wrong somewhere. Need help to understand if I have customised the JS correctly.

    Thanks

    Gowtham

  • Suggested answer
    RE: How to change the display name of the lookup field

    As mentioned in the comments, customization is required to change the display name of the lookup field.

    The items displayed during a lookup search can also be defined in the lookup view columns.

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    Gowtham89 138 on at
    RE: How to change the display name of the lookup field

    Hello,

    Thank you so much for this. This scenario is similar to mine where I am trying to show Product description instead of Product ID (Unique Identifier) field. I tried using the same code but I don't see anything happening, no errors and the functionality is not working as well.

    This is my code. I have created a lookup for choosing Product within the 'Services' table. I want the Product lookup to show the display name from description field instead of product number.

    Lookup Name : m***_product

    Unique identifier of Product table - productnumber (Product table)

    the field value that needs to be shown. - description (Product table)

    var sdk = window.sdk || {};

    (function (setProductDisplayName) {

       "use strict"

       this.setProductDisplayName = async function (executionContext) {

           const formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();

           let productColumn = formContext.getAttribute("productnumber");

           let productValue = (productColumn === null) ? null : productColumn.getValue();

           if (productValue !== null) {

               let productnumber = productValue[0].id.replace(/{|}/g, "");

               await Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord("product", productnumber).then(

                   function success(result) {

                       if (productValue[0].name === result["name"]) {

                           productValue[0].name = `${result["description"]}`

                           productColumn.setValue(productValue);

                       }

                   },

                   function (error) {

                       console.log(error.message);

                   }

               );

           }

       }

    }).call(sdk);

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    RE: How to change the display name of the lookup field

    Hello,

    Check this - fredrikengseth.com/.../

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