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Lead with a complete plugin quick start and add task-oriented usage, troubleshooting, customization, and contribution guides. Preserve the broader plugin framing, correct conflicting contract guidance, support Agents folder reviews, and align repository validation. Convert existing sample references to clickable links without changing knowledge rules. Co-authored-by: Jesper Schulz-Wedde <jesper.schulzwedde@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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bc-version: [all]
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domain: events
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keywords: [parameter-naming, readability, conventions, event-parameters, no-abbreviations, integration-event, clarity]
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technologies: [al]
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countries: [w1]
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application-area: [all]
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# Name event parameters without abbreviations
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## Description
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Event parameter names are part of the public contract a subscriber codes against, so they must be self-explanatory. Record parameters take the full table name with the spaces removed — `SalesHeader` for `"Sales Header"`, not `SalesHdr` or `SH`. Simple parameters get a descriptive, spelled-out name — `DocumentNo`, not `DocNo`; `Amount`, not `Amt`. Abbreviated names force every subscriber author to guess intent and tend to be inconsistent across a codebase, where the same concept appears under several contractions. The cost of a clear name is paid once at the publisher; the cost of a cryptic one is paid by every subscriber that has to decode it.
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## Best Practice
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Use full, unabbreviated names: `(SalesHeader: Record "Sales Header"; DocumentNo: Code[20]; Amount: Decimal)`. Record parameters mirror the table name without spaces, and value parameters read as whole words so the contract is unambiguous.
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See sample: [`name-event-parameters-without-abbreviations.good.al`](name-event-parameters-without-abbreviations.good.al).
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## Anti Pattern
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Abbreviated parameter names (`SalesHdr`, `DocNo`, `Amt`) that obscure meaning and vary across publishers, so subscribers must guess what each one holds. Detection: event parameters whose names are truncated forms of the table name or contracted words rather than the full term.
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See sample: [`name-event-parameters-without-abbreviations.bad.al`](name-event-parameters-without-abbreviations.bad.al).
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