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For many records, such as Items, Customers, and Vendors, users have …"><meta property="og:title" content="Create Data from Templates"><meta property="og:description" content="Originally by Nikola Kukrika at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen
Abstract For many records, such as Items, Customers, and Vendors, users have to enter the same sets of data again and again. This is tedious, error-prone (users forget to enter a field or they choose the wrong group), and difficult to learn for some users.
We can group sets of data as templates to speed up and simplify the process of entering data in Microsoft Dynamics NAV."><meta property="og:type" content="article"><meta property="og:url" content="https://alguidelines.dev/docs/navpatterns/patterns/create-data-from-templates/"><meta property="og:image" content="https://alguidelines.dev/images/og-image-fission.png"><meta property="article:section" content="docs"><meta property="article:modified_time" content="2022-02-24T14:45:35+01:00"><meta property="og:site_name" content="alguidelines.dev - Business Central Design Patterns"><meta itemprop=name content="Create Data from Templates"><meta itemprop=description content="Originally by Nikola Kukrika at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen
Abstract For many records, such as Items, Customers, and Vendors, users have to enter the same sets of data again and again. This is tedious, error-prone (users forget to enter a field or they choose the wrong group), and difficult to learn for some users.
We can group sets of data as templates to speed up and simplify the process of entering data in Microsoft Dynamics NAV."><meta itemprop=dateModified content="2022-02-24T14:45:35+01:00"><meta itemprop=wordCount content="1528"><meta itemprop=image content="https://alguidelines.dev/images/og-image-fission.png"><meta itemprop=keywords content="C/AL,"><meta name=twitter:card content="summary_large_image"><meta name=twitter:image content="https://alguidelines.dev/images/og-image-fission.png"><meta name=twitter:title content="Create Data from Templates"><meta name=twitter:description content="Originally by Nikola Kukrika at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen
Abstract For many records, such as Items, Customers, and Vendors, users have to enter the same sets of data again and again. This is tedious, error-prone (users forget to enter a field or they choose the wrong group), and difficult to learn for some users.
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Patterns</span></a><ul class="ul-3 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsactivity-log-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/activity-log/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsactivity-log><span>Activity Logs</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsargument-table-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/argument-table/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsargument-table><span>Argument Table</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsblocked-entity-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/blocked-entity/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsblocked-entity><span>Blocked Entity</span></a><ul 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href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsconditional-cascading-update><span>Conditional Cascading Update</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscopy-document-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/copy-document/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscopy-document><span>Copy Document</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child active-path" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscreate-data-from-templates-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/create-data-from-templates/ class="align-left pl-0 active td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscreate-data-from-templates><span class=td-sidebar-nav-active-item>Create Data from Templates</span></a></li><li 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id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscross-session-events><span>Cross Session Events</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscurrently-active-record-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/currently-active-record/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternscurrently-active-record><span>Currently Active Record</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdata-migration-facade-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/data-migration-facade/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdata-migration-facade><span>Data Migration Façade</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdiscovery-event-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/discovery-event/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdiscovery-event><span>Discovery Event</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdocument-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/document/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsdocument><span>Document</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternseasy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternseasy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information><span>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternserror-message-processing-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/error-message-processing/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternserror-message-processing><span>Error Message Processing</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsextending-the-role-center-headlines-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsextending-the-role-center-headlines><span>Extending the Role Center Headlines</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsfeature-localization-for-data-structures-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsfeature-localization-for-data-structures><span>Feature Localization For Data Structures</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternshooks-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/hooks/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternshooks><span>Hooks</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsimplementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsimplementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern><span>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsinstructions-in-the-ui-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsinstructions-in-the-ui><span>Instructions in the UI</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsintegration-of-addresses-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/integration-of-addresses/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsintegration-of-addresses><span>Integration of Addresses</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsjournal-error-processing-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/journal-error-processing/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsjournal-error-processing><span>Journal Error Processing</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsjournal-template-batch-line-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsjournal-template-batch-line><span>Journal Template Batch Line</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmaster-data-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/master-data/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmaster-data><span>Master Data</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmulti-file-download-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/multi-file-download/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmulti-file-download><span>Multi-file Download</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmulti-page-list-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/multi-page-list/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmulti-page-list><span>Multi-Page List</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmultilanguage-application-data-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsmultilanguage-application-data><span>Multilanguage Application Data</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnet-exception-handling-in-cal-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnet-exception-handling-in-cal><span>NET Exception Handling in CAL</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnet-exception-handling-in-caltryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnet-exception-handling-in-caltryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal><span>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsno-series-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/no-series/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsno-series><span>No Series</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotifications-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/notifications/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotifications><span>Notifications</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotificationsin-context-notifications-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotificationsin-context-notifications><span>In-context Notifications</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotificationsnotification-lifecycle-management-pattern-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsnotificationsnotification-lifecycle-management-pattern><span>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsobserver-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/observer/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsobserver><span>Observer</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsposting-routine-select-behavior-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsposting-routine-select-behavior><span>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsproduct-name-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/product-name/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsproduct-name><span>Product Name</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueries-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/queries/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueries><span>Queries</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesselect-distinct-with-queries-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesselect-distinct-with-queries><span>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesuse-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesuse-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records><span>Use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesuse-queries-to-replace-nested-loops-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsqueriesuse-queries-to-replace-nested-loops><span>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsread-once-initialization-and-validation-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsread-once-initialization-and-validation><span>Read-once Initialization and Validation</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsreleased-entity-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/released-entity/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsreleased-entity><span>Released Entity</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsreport-selection-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/report-selection/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsreport-selection><span>Report Selection</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity><span>Security</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity1-sensitive-data-encapsulation-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/1-sensitive-data-encapsulation/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity1-sensitive-data-encapsulation><span>Sensitive Data Encapsulation</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity2-data-encryption-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/2-data-encryption/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity2-data-encryption><span>Data Encryption</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity3-single-point-of-access-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/3-single-point-of-access/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity3-single-point-of-access><span>Single Point of Access</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity4-masked-text-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/4-masked-text/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity4-masked-text><span>Masked Text</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity5-ssl-in-nav-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/security/5-ssl-in-nav/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssecurity5-ssl-in-nav><span>SSL in NAV</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssetup-specificity-fallback-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssetup-specificity-fallback><span>Setup Specificity Fallback</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssilent-file-upload-and-download-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssilent-file-upload-and-download><span>Silent File Upload and Download</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingleton-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/singleton/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingleton><span>Singleton</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-codeunit-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-codeunit><span>Singleton Codeunit</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-table-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-table><span>Singleton Table</span></a><ul class="ul-5 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-tablecue-table-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-tablecue-table><span>Cue Table</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-tablesetup-table-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternssingletonsingleton-tablesetup-table><span>Setup Table</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsstandard-journal-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/standard-journal/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsstandard-journal><span>Standard Journal</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstemporary-dataset-report-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstemporary-dataset-report><span>Temporary Dataset Report</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstotals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstotals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases><span>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstransfer-custom-fields-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternstransfer-custom-fields><span>Transfer Custom Fields</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsvariant-facade-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/patterns/variant-facade/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatternspatternsvariant-facade><span>Variant Facade</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patterns-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patterns><span>2. Anti-Patterns</span></a><ul class="ul-3 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patternsnav-upgrade-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patternsnav-upgrade><span>Nav Upgrade</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patternsreusable-bugs-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns2-anti-patternsreusable-bugs><span>Reusable Bugs</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelines-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelines><span>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</span></a><ul class="ul-3 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesign-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesign><span>Design</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignby-reference-parameters-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/by-reference-parameters/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignby-reference-parameters><span>By Reference Parameters</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignclass-coupling-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/class-coupling/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignclass-coupling><span>Class Coupling</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesigncyclomatic-complexity-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/cyclomatic-complexity/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesigncyclomatic-complexity><span>Cyclomatic Complexity</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignencapsulate-local-functionality-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/encapsulate-local-functionality/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignencapsulate-local-functionality><span>Encapsulate Local Functionality</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignfindset-findfirst-findlast-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/findset-findfirst-findlast/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignfindset-findfirst-findlast><span>FINDSET FINDFIRST FINDLAST</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesigninitialized-variables-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/initialized-variables/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesigninitialized-variables><span>Initialized Variables</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignmaintainability-index-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/maintainability-index/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignmaintainability-index><span>Maintainability Index</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignparameter-placeholders-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/parameter-placeholders/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignparameter-placeholders><span>Parameter Placeholders</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignstatic-object-invocation-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/static-object-invocation/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignstatic-object-invocation><span>Static Object Invocation</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunreachable-code-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/unreachable-code/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunreachable-code><span>Unreachable Code</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunused-initialized-variables-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/unused-initialized-variables/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunused-initialized-variables><span>Unused Initialized Variables</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunused-variables-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/unused-variables/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignunused-variables><span>Unused Variables</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignvariable-capacity-mismatch-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/variable-capacity-mismatch/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignvariable-capacity-mismatch><span>Variable Capacity Mismatch</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignwith-scope-name-collision-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/with-scope-name-collision/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesdesignwith-scope-name-collision><span>WITH Scope Name Collision</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternally-used-dot-net-types-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternally-used-dot-net-types><span>Internally used DotNet Types</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternationalization-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternationalization><span>Internationalization</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternationalizationusing-calcdate-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesinternationalizationusing-calcdate><span>Using Calcdate</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizability-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizability><span>Localizability</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilitycaptionml-for-system-tables-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilitycaptionml-for-system-tables><span>CaptionML on System Pages</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityfieldcaption-and-tablecaption-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityfieldcaption-and-tablecaption><span>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityglobal-text-constants-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityglobal-text-constants><span>Global Text Constants</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityuse-text-constants-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityuse-text-constants><span>Use Text Constants</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityusing-optioncaptionml-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelineslocalizabilityusing-optioncaptionml><span>Using OptionCaptionML</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadability-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadability><span>Readability</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybegin-as-an-afterword-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybegin-as-an-afterword><span>Begin as an 'After Word'</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybegin-end-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybegin-end><span>Begin-End - Compound Only</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybinary-operator-line-start-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitybinary-operator-line-start><span>Binary Operator to Start Line</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityblank-lines-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityblank-lines><span>Blank Lines</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycase-actions-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycase-actions><span>CASE Action</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycolon-usage-in-case-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycolon-usage-in-case><span>Colon usage in CASE</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycomments-curly-brackets-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycomments-curly-brackets><span>Comments inside Curly Brackets</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycomments-spacing-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitycomments-spacing><span>Comment Spacing</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityend-else-pair-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityend-else-pair><span>END ELSE Pair</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityindentation-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityindentation><span>Indentation</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitykeyword-pairs-indentation-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitykeyword-pairs-indentation><span>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityline-start-keywords-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityline-start-keywords><span>Line Start Keywords</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitylonely-repeat-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitylonely-repeat><span>Lonely Repeat</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitynamed-invocations-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitynamed-invocations><span>Named Invocations</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitynested-withs-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitynested-withs><span>Nested WITHs</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityone-statement-per-line-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityone-statement-per-line><span>One Statement Per Line</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityseparate-if-and-else-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityseparate-if-and-else><span>Separate IF and ELSE</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-binary-operators-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-binary-operators><span>Spacing Binary Operators</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-brackets-and-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-brackets-and><span>Spacing Brackets and ::</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-unary-operators-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityspacing-unary-operators><span>Spacing Unary Operators</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitysuggested-abbreviations-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitysuggested-abbreviations><span>Suggested Abbreviations</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitytemporary-variable-naming-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitytemporary-variable-naming><span>Temporary Variable Naming</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitytextconst-suffixes-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilitytextconst-suffixes><span>TextConst Suffixes</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunary-operator-line-end-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunary-operator-line-end><span>Unary Operator Line End</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-compound-parenthesis-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-compound-parenthesis><span>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-else-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-else><span>Unnecessary ELSE</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-function-parenthesis-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-function-parenthesis><span>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-separators-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-separators><span>Unnecessary Separators</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-truefalse-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityunnecessary-truefalse><span>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariable-already-scoped-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariable-already-scoped><span>Variable Already Scoped</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariable-naming-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariable-naming><span>Variable Naming</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariables-declarations-order-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variables-declarations-order/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesreadabilityvariables-declarations-order><span>Variables Declarations Order</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section with-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesux-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__section" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesux><span>UX</span></a><ul class="ul-4 foldable"><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxactions-images-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/actions-images/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxactions-images><span>Actions - Images</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxconfirm-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/confirm/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxconfirm><span>CONFIRM</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxfielderror-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/fielderror/ class="align-left pl-0 td-sidebar-link td-sidebar-link__page" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxfielderror><span>FIELDERROR</span></a></li><li class="td-sidebar-nav__section-title td-sidebar-nav__section without-child collapse" id=m-docsnavpatterns3-cal-coding-guidelinesuxmessage-and-error-li><a href=/docs/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/message-and-error/ class="align-left pl-0 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Patterns</a></li><li class="breadcrumb-item active" aria-current=page><a href=https://alguidelines.dev/docs/navpatterns/patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li></ol></nav><div class=td-content><h1>Create Data from Templates</h1><header class=article-meta><div class="taxonomy taxonomy-terms-article taxo-tags"><h5 class=taxonomy-title>Tags:</h5><ul class=taxonomy-terms><li><a class=taxonomy-term href=https://alguidelines.dev/tags/c/al/ data-taxonomy-term=c/al><span class=taxonomy-label>C/AL</span></a></li></ul></div><div class="taxonomy taxonomy-terms-article taxo-categories"><h5 class=taxonomy-title>Categories:</h5><ul class=taxonomy-terms><li><a class=taxonomy-term href=https://alguidelines.dev/categories/pattern/ data-taxonomy-term=pattern><span class=taxonomy-label>Pattern</span></a></li></ul></div></header><p><em>Originally by Nikola Kukrika at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen</em></p><h2 id=abstract>Abstract</h2><p>For many records, such as Items, Customers, and Vendors, users have to enter the same sets of data again and again. This is tedious, error-prone (users forget to enter a field or they choose the wrong group), and difficult to learn for some users.</p><p>We can group sets of data as templates to speed up and simplify the process of entering data in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. For example, the process of creating a new customer could be simplified so that users only have to enter information that is specific for every individual customer, e.g. Name and Address/Contact.</p><h2 id=description>Description</h2><p>This pattern solves the problem of creating new records based on their type. You should use it whenever there is a large set of data that could be grouped in a meaningful way.</p><p>In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2, we have extended the Configuration Templates feature so that templates can be used in different languages than the language they were created in. We have also added the ability to set related templates so that related records can be inserted, such as dimensions for customers, items, and vendors.</p><p>The pattern consists of two parts:</p><p>1. Using templates to create new records or applying templates to existing records</p><p>2. Defining and updating existing templates</p><h2 id=usage>Usage</h2><p><a href=4118.Picture1.png><img src=4118.Picture1.png alt=" "></a></p><p>Using the patterns involves three steps.</p><ol><li><p>As a first step, we must insert a record. This can be done either through C/AL code or by letting the user create a record using the <strong>New</strong> action.</p></li><li><p>After the record is created, we must apply the template. This is done by using the <strong>UpdateRecord</strong> function in the <strong>Config. Template Management</strong> codeunit (8612).</p></li></ol><p><strong>Config. Template Lines</strong> records reference one <strong>Config. Template Header</strong> record (lines pattern). The lines can be of type:</p><ul><li><strong>Field</strong> - Stores a field value that will be applied to the record</li><li><strong>Related</strong> Template &ndash; References a Config. Template Header record for a related template.</li></ul><p>The <strong>UpdateRecord</strong> function applies values to the record one line at the time. One of the requirements was to be possible to use configuration templates in different language/regional settings than the template was created in.</p><p>To support this scenario, when applying the <strong>Config. Template Line</strong> record, <strong>GLOBALLANGUAGE</strong> is set to the language ID of the field. This is important because the default value is stored as text, so we need to use the same formatting that NAV was running on when the template was created. Otherwise, data types, such as Boolean, Date, etc., will raise validation errors.</p><p>Any updates to a <strong>Config. Template Line</strong> record will automatically update the language ID to the current one. Since lines are applied one by one, it is supported to have lines with different language IDs belonging to the same template.</p><ol start=3><li>After we have applied the template to the record, we can insert related templates. For example, when you insert an item, you may want to insert dimensions as well. You must implement the logic to apply or then modify the related templates, since this depends on the logic and the relationship between the records. Lines with <strong>Type = Related Template</strong> are used to reference related templates.</li></ol><p>Code example (Insert a record, apply a template, and insert the related templates):</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-al data-lang=al><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// First insert a record Customer.INSERT(TRUE);
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// Apply a template RecRef.GETTABLE(Customer);
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span>ConfigTemplateMgt<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>UpdateRecord<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>RecRef<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span>RecRef<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>SETTABLE<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>Customer<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// Insert Dimensions -- related templates
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</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span>MiniDimensionsTemplate<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>InsertDimensionsFromTemplates<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>Customer<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;No.&#34;<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>DATABASE</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>::</span>Customer<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span></code></pre></div><p>Code to insert related templates (dimensions):</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-al data-lang=al><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>FUNCTION</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>InsertDimensionsFromTemplates<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Record</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>&#34;Config. Template Header&#34;<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span>MasterRecordNo<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Code</span>[<span style=color:#0000cf;font-weight:700>20</span>]<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span>TableID<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Integer</span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700> </span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// There are multiple records (multiple dimensions per master record)
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// We have to set filter
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>SETRANGE<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Type</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Type</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>::</span>&#34;Related Template&#34;<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>SETRANGE<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>&#34;Data Template Code&#34;<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Code</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>IF</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>FINDSET<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>THEN</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>REPEAT</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>GET<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;Template Code&#34;<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// Ensure that the table where the template belongs to is Dimensions
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// We could have other related templates
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>IF</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;Table ID&#34;<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>=<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>DATABASE</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>::</span>&#34;Default Dimension&#34;<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>THEN</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>InsertDimensionFromTemplate<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>MasterRecordNo<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>TableID<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>UNTIL</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateLine<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>NEXT<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>=<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#0000cf;font-weight:700>0</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline></span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic>// Create a new Dimensions Record and link it to the Master Record
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#8f5902;font-style:italic></span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>FUNCTION</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>InsertDimensionFromTemplate<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Record</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>&#34;Config. Template Header&#34;<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span>MasterRecordNo<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Code</span>[<span style=color:#0000cf;font-weight:700>20</span>]<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span>TableID<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>:</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#204a87;font-weight:700>Integer</span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700> </span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>INIT<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;No.&#34;<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>:=</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>MasterRecordNo<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;Table ID&#34;<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>:=</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>TableID<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>&#34;Dimension Code&#34;<span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span><span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>:=</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>GetDefaultDimensionCode<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>INSERT<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>RecRef<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>GETTABLE<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>ConfigTemplateMgt<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>UpdateRecord<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>ConfigTemplateHeader<span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>,</span>RecRef<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline> </span>RecRef<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>.</span>SETTABLE<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>(</span>DefaultDimension<span style=color:#ce5c00;font-weight:700>)</span><span style=color:#000;font-weight:700>;</span><span style=color:#f8f8f8;text-decoration:underline>
</span></span></span></code></pre></div><p><strong>To surface the action in the product, you have three options:</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Recommended</strong> - Implement a separate action called <strong>New from Template</strong>.</li><li><strong>Optional</strong> - Implement the apply template function on the document itself. This is especially good in scenarios where users are allowed to change the template.</li><li><strong>Alternative</strong> - Remove the new action by configuration or set Insert Allowed to FALSE on the list (this will block the creation of new records from the lookup). Implement an application action named <strong>New</strong> and tie it to your code.</li></ol><p><strong>Note:</strong> In Microsoft Dynamics C5 2014, we chose to remove the <strong>New</strong> action with configuration since we wanted to promote the functionality and avoid the confusion in having too many options. However this might be difficult to maintain with a larger set of pages.</p><p><strong>To view or edit templates, you have two options:</strong></p><ol><li>Use the <strong>Config. Template List</strong> table (8620) and the <strong>Config. Template Header Card</strong> table (8618).</li></ol><p>This is a generic solution that is not very usable and is error-prone (no lookups, checks for length, table relation checks, etc.) The default value is a text field of 250 characters, which might be much more than the field length, and may lead to validation errors when used. Users will most likely not be able to use this page.</p><p><a href=2816.Picture3.png><img src=2816.Picture3.png alt=" "></a></p><p>2. Implement custom pages resembling the document.</p><p>This is optional if you want to enable the users to create and modify templates. In C5 2014, we created temporary tables with the same fields as the main record. Based on this temporary record, we built a page that resembles a document.</p><p>Example of the <strong>Customer Template</strong> page:</p><p><a href=7271.Picture4.png><img src=7271.Picture4.png alt=" "></a></p><p>The goals of this solution were:</p><ul><li>To make the setup page resemble a document page so that it is easy to use with basic validation and lookups.</li><li>To have only one place to store templates and maintain only one business logic for applying them, namely in the <strong>Configuration Template Header</strong> table.</li><li>To avoid any lateral effects of doing validation on the temporary master record. Doing validation on fields, even though the record itself is temporary, could permanently modify other data in the database. For example, if you insert a new record in the <strong>Customer</strong> table, even in a temporary table, a Contact record is created, which will not be temporary.</li><li>Testability: It is easy to test through RecordRef that the template table matches the main table. We can compare field lengths, data types, table relations, etc. The test is able to detect that they are out of sync, so it is easy to prevent errors.</li></ul><p>One example in the product is the <strong>Mini Customer Template</strong> table (1300).</p><p>The table itself contains very little code. OnModify, OnInsert, and OnDelete triggers update the <strong>Configuration Header</strong> and <strong>Configuration Lines</strong> tables. The following functions in the <strong>Config. Template Management</strong> codeunit (8612), are used for this:</p><ul><li>ConfigTemplateManagement.CreateConfigTemplateAndLines</li><li>ConfigTemplateManagement.UpdateConfigTemplateAndLines</li><li>ConfigTemplateManagement.DeleteRelatedTemplates</li></ul><p>The CreateFieldRefArray function is used as an interface function on all the temporary template tables. It builds data to be read/written to the configuration templates.</p><p>To further enhance the usability, we have provided the following additional functionality:</p><ul><li>Create a template from the existing record: The user opens an existing record and creates a template from that record. All the fields that are defined in the CreateFieldRefArray function are used to create the new template.</li><li>Templates list: This page is used by users to select templates or create new ones. Depending on which templates they are working on, we show different template cards.</li></ul><h2 id=nav-specific-example>NAV Specific Example</h2><p>In C5 2014, this is the workflow:</p><p>The user opens the <strong>Customers List</strong> window and selects <strong>New</strong></p><p><a href=4341.Picture4.png><img src=4341.Picture4.png alt=" "></a></p><p>From this page, the user can view the template, edit it, or create a new one. Selecting a template will populate the customer card and open a new record. From the existing record, the user has options to save as a template or opening a list of templates to maintain available templates. Selecting a template will populate the customer card and open a new record. From the existing record, the user has options to save as a template or opening a list of templates to maintain available templates.</p><p><a href=3482.Picture-5.png><img src=3482.Picture-5.png alt=" "></a></p><p>From the <strong>Customer Card Template</strong> window, we can invoke the <strong>Dimensions</strong> action, through which we can define the dimensions that will be inserted together with the template:</p><p><a href=2134.Picture6.png><img src=2134.Picture6.png alt=" "></a></p><h2 id=nav-usages>NAV Usages</h2><p>This pattern is used in Microsoft Dynamics C5 2014 in the following objects:</p><ul><li><p>Temporary template tables:</p><ul><li><strong>Mini Customer Template</strong> table (1300)</li><li><strong>Mini Item Template</strong> table (1301)</li><li><strong>Mini Dimensions Template</strong> table(1302)</li><li><strong>Mini Vendor Template</strong> table (1303)</li></ul></li><li><p>Pages to define templates:</p><ul><li><strong>Mini Customer Template Card</strong> page (1341)</li><li><strong>Mini Item Template Card</strong> page (,1342)</li><li><strong>Mini Dimensions Template List</strong> page (1343)</li><li><strong>Mini Vendor Template Card</strong> page (1344)</li></ul></li><li><p>Pages that use the templates:</p><ul><li><strong>Mini Customer List</strong> page (1301)</li><li><strong>Mini Item List</strong> page ( 1303)</li><li><strong>Mini Vendor List</strong> page (1331)</li></ul></li></ul><p>In the standard version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, we use the <strong>Apply Template</strong> action on the following pages:</p><ul><li><strong>Customer Card</strong> page (21)</li><li><strong>Vendor Card</strong> page (26)</li><li><strong>Item Card</strong> page (30)</li><li><strong>Resource Card</strong> page (, 76)</li><li>Other similar cards.</li></ul><h2 id=ideas-for-improvement>Ideas for improvement</h2><p>Implement the solution in the standard version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and extend the Apply Template functionality to insert dimensions.</p><p>It is possible that users end up with a large number of templates if they need many different data combinations. 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