The previous LLM-generated knowledge files contained factual
hallucinations. The most visible was the claim that `FindFirst` /
`FindLast` "forces a full-table scan" on an unfiltered record - it does
not; those APIs return a single row via the current key.
Other inaccuracies the audit found and fixed:
* `FindSet(true)` was described as "taking a LockTable". The correct
upstream phrasing is that `FindSet(true)` sets
`ReadIsolation::UpdLock` on the read. UpdLock and LockTable are
related but distinct mechanisms.
* The list of production-scale tables had been invented beyond the
upstream source (e.g. "Detailed Cust. Ledg. Entry") without a
citation. The regenerated list matches the ten tables upstream lists
with their P95 row counts.
* `SetLoadFields` guidance had been augmented with an extra mechanism
claim ("the database resolves the filter using the index without
hydrating the value") not present in upstream.
Approach: full regeneration of `microsoft/knowledge/` from the six
upstream BCApps Code Review instruction files, with Microsoft Learn /
the AL language reference as a secondary source. Every claim in every
regenerated file is anchored to a verbatim upstream quote (or a Learn
URL); the audit trail lives in artifacts/trace-<domain>.json on the
session workspace.
The PR #11 transaction/error-handling cluster is preserved verbatim:
* performance/understand-implicit-transaction-boundary.md
* performance/codeunit-run-as-atomic-sub-operation.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/codeunit-run-requires-prior-commit-inside-transaction.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/use-tryfunction-for-error-catching-not-rollback.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* performance/avoid-commit-inside-loops.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* security/commitbehavior-attribute-scopes-explicit-commits.{md,good.al,bad.al}
* testing/transactionmodel-attribute-governs-test-transactions.{md,good.al,bad.al}
These articles already cite Microsoft Learn and were carefully
cross-referenced; the regeneration skips their topics rather than
duplicating them.
File counts after regeneration:
performance 35 .md (5 preserved + 30 new)
privacy 17 .md
security 18 .md (1 preserved + 17 new)
style 33 .md
testing 1 .md (preserved)
ui 19 .md
upgrade 18 .md
Total 141 atomic knowledge files, each strictly one rule. All pass
.github/scripts/validate_frontmatter.py with 0 errors and 0 warnings.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Use AboutTitle and AboutText to surface teaching tips on top-level pages
Description
The AboutTitle and AboutText properties on a page render a teaching tip — an onboarding callout that appears the first time a user opens the page. They are supported on pages, individual page controls, FactBoxes, and report request pages. They are NOT supported on Role Centers or modal dialogs. The conventions: AboutTitle answers "what is this page about?" and uses the plural for list pages ('About sales invoices') and the [entity] details form for card and document pages ('About sales invoice details'); AboutText answers "what can I do with this page?" in two or three short sentences. Both are translation-aware and surface to the end user verbatim.
The reviewer signal is "this is a new top-level card or list page in an app whose sibling pages already define teaching tips" — when the surrounding app sets the precedent, a new page without AboutTitle/AboutText is an inconsistency worth flagging.
Best Practice
Set AboutTitle and AboutText on every new top-level card, list, and document page in an app that already uses them. Keep AboutText to two or three short sentences. Describe what the page does, not the navigation steps to use it — teaching tips explain WHAT, not HOW.
See sample: abouttitle-abouttext-teaching-tips.good.al.
Anti Pattern
A new top-level page in an app whose siblings have AboutTitle/AboutText, but with no teaching tips defined. Equally wrong is filling AboutText with step-by-step instructions ("Click New, then enter…") — the property is for orientation, not procedural help.
See sample: abouttitle-abouttext-teaching-tips.bad.al.