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Michael Dieringer 49ac2d43ac knowledge(events): database trigger setup flags may only be set to true
Add an events article with compiled good/bad samples:
GetDatabaseTableTriggerSetup (Global Triggers) and
OnAfterGetDatabaseTableTriggerSetup (GlobalTriggerManagement) share four
var Booleans across all subscribers, which run in no particular order.
Assigning false, or a lookup result without or-ing in the current value,
clears flags other features set (Dataverse sync, API webhooks, data
archive, and, for direct Global Triggers subscribers, the change log).
Recommends the codeunit 49 integration events per Learn's guidance on
system codeunits 2000000001..2000000010 and handler-side table filtering.

Wired into al-events-review tokens and an event-design check, with
carve-outs for conditional := true, Flag := Flag or ..., and the no-op
"if not Flag then Flag := false" found in BCApps. Registered in the
events review-fixtures override.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-03 12:48:24 +02:00

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codeunit 50110 "Change Tracking Subscr. Bad"
{
// Self-contained demonstration of the anti pattern. Not derived from base-app source.
[EventSubscriber(ObjectType::Codeunit, Codeunit::GlobalTriggerManagement, OnAfterGetDatabaseTableTriggerSetup, '', false, false)]
local procedure OptInTrackedTables(TableId: Integer; var OnDatabaseInsert: Boolean; var OnDatabaseModify: Boolean; var OnDatabaseDelete: Boolean; var OnDatabaseRename: Boolean)
var
TrackedTable: Record "Tracked Table Bad";
IsTracked: Boolean;
begin
IsTracked := TrackedTable.Get(TableId);
// Stores false for every table this feature does not track, clearing flags that
// Dataverse integration, API webhooks, or another app already set for that table.
OnDatabaseModify := IsTracked;
OnDatabaseDelete := IsTracked;
// Opting out of operations this feature does not need clears them for everyone else too.
OnDatabaseInsert := false;
OnDatabaseRename := false;
end;
[EventSubscriber(ObjectType::Codeunit, Codeunit::GlobalTriggerManagement, OnAfterOnDatabaseModify, '', false, false)]
local procedure LogModify(RecRef: RecordRef)
var
TrackedChange: Record "Tracked Change Bad";
begin
TrackedChange.Init();
TrackedChange."Table No." := RecRef.Number();
TrackedChange."Record ID" := RecRef.RecordId();
TrackedChange.Insert();
end;
}
table 50110 "Tracked Table Bad"
{
DataClassification = SystemMetadata;
fields
{
field(1; "Table No."; Integer) { }
}
keys
{
key(PK; "Table No.") { Clustered = true; }
}
}
table 50111 "Tracked Change Bad"
{
DataClassification = SystemMetadata;
fields
{
field(1; "Entry No."; Integer) { AutoIncrement = true; }
field(2; "Table No."; Integer) { }
field(3; "Record ID"; RecordId) { }
}
keys
{
key(PK; "Entry No.") { Clustered = true; }
}
}