alguidelines/content/NAVPatterns/captionml-for-system-tables/index.md

+++ title = "CaptionML on System Pages" weight = 300 +++ CaptionML should always be specified on a page field for a system table. By default, system tables do not have captions, so if you need to use them in the UI then captions need to be added.

Bad code

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{ 2 ;2 ;Field ;
SourceExpr=Name }
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OBJECT Table 2000000000 User
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{ 2 ; ;Name ;Text50 }

Good code

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{ 2 ;2 ;Field ;
CaptionML=ENU=Name;
SourceExpr=Name }
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OBJECT Table 2000000000 User
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{ 2 ; ;Name ;Text50 }