Product: Dynamics 365 Business Central
Article Link: http://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/8106072-dynamics-365-business-central-field-inspection
Integrating between Transaction Manager and Dynamics 365 Business Central often requires pushing or pulling data to/from Fields within Dynamics 365 Business Central.
To do this you often need to gather information about the field you're attempting to interact with, such as their Field ID, or the Data Type that it utilizes to know properly which information is intended to fit within this field.
Page Inspector
Dynamics 365 Business Central has a built in Page Inspector that provides you with all the information you need up-front. You simply need to navigate to the screen you wish to gather information on, and enable it from the Help & Support menu.
Navigate: ? → (Other Resources) → Help & Support → Inspect pages and data
Field Information
Your Page Inspector will present you with information regarding the current block you've selected of the current page you're on. The Table Fields option within your inspector will provide you with a list of all available fields (regardless of visibility on the page) with the provided details about their Field ID, Data Type, Length, and even the Module they've been created under.
Field Extensions/Modules
You can determine if a field is apart of the Base Application (Dynamics 365 Business Central native) or custom by looking at the bottom of the entry card where the system will list the module associated with this field.
Fields apart of the Dynamics 365 Business Central system are labeled as Base Application while others will have their respective Extension name - for example the TrueCommerce Extension is labeled as TrueCommerce EDI and eCommerce. Any field added by the TrueCommerce module will be listed as such.
Field ID
Each Field is given a Field ID to associate with, this is an integer that will be listed at the upper portion of the entry card.
Data Type
Each Field holds a particular data-type to it, which restricts the type of data that can be entered into it - you can find the data-type listed at the upper portion of the entry card.
Common Types
Below is a list of common data-types utilized by Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Type | Description |
Text | Basic string-type field, allows input of any standard character (number, letters, symbols) |
Integer | Whole Number only field (0-9) |
Option | Pre-determined option from Dynamics 365 Business Central (Doc Type, Doc Status, Queue Status, etc.) |
Code | Customer created code (Items, Address, Locations, Ship Methods, etc.). Requires an existing match from appropriate list. |
Date | Format: mm/dd/yy |
DateTime | Format: mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss AM/PM |
Decimal | number with decimal support |
Boolean | true/false value only |
Current Value
By selecting a particular block/entry you can see the current value of the data entered to help verify you're looking at the correct field.
Additional Resources
rev 7/7/2023