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This a very basic UX improvement: let us set which field will be *shown* in fields with the TableRelation property.
Sure, If you have used NAV/BC for long enough you end up memorising all vendor, customer, salesperson, item category codes (and get used to using the Code field as some kind of description field), but it would be nice if, for example, the Category field in the item card actually showed the name of the category.
As we compatibility should be maintained, and some customers ignore the description field of some tables (as they are mostly useless), if the field defined as "Display Field" is empty, the TableRelation field/code should be shown instead.
This is something that almost every other system I've used had, yet NAV/Business Central does not! :/
Sure, If you have used NAV/BC for long enough you end up memorising all vendor, customer, salesperson, item category codes (and get used to using the Code field as some kind of description field), but it would be nice if, for example, the Category field in the item card actually showed the name of the category.
As we compatibility should be maintained, and some customers ignore the description field of some tables (as they are mostly useless), if the field defined as "Display Field" is empty, the TableRelation field/code should be shown instead.
This is something that almost every other system I've used had, yet NAV/Business Central does not! :/
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Sounds like a duplicate of https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=0ecbaed6-30f9-e811-a140-0003ff68f008
Category: Development
Business Central Team (administrator)
Thank you for this suggestion! Currently this is not on our roadmap. We are tracking this idea and if it gathers more votes and comments we will consider it in the future.
Best regards,
Business Central Team