How to add Shortcut Dimension Code in Customer Card

In generally, Shortcut Dimension Codes will be available in document pages such as Sales Order Subform, and Sales Invoice Subform, but not available in the pages like Customer Card, Vendor Card, and Item Card. So, in some situations your client requires to display the dimensions in those pages. So this blog will be useful for you.

At the first I will show the examples if we finish all of things in this blog.

You will see the “Dimension FastTab” that contains Shortcut Dimension Codes. All Shortcut Dimension Codes are related with Dimensions FastTab in General Ledger Entry Setup.

Now let’s do together. I will show the steps how to add Shortcut Dimension Code in Customer Card.

1.       In table 18: Customer already has the function to record dimension values (ValidateShortcutDimCode) but the scope of function still be local you need to modify local property to be yes or copy the function and create the new if you don’t want to modify the origin. In this case I will change local property to be “No”.

2.       Design page 21: Customer Card and create global variable like this.

Do not forget to assign Dimensions to be 8 because we have 8 Shortcut Dimension Code in General Ledger Entry Setup.

3.       In page designer I create a new group and input “ShortcutDimCode” as array like this.

The example ShortcutDimCode[3]’s property.

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For the CaptionClass it should be ‘1,2,3’ because of 1 is Dimension Area, 2 is Code Caption of Shortcut Dimension, and 3 is Dimension 2. So ShortcutDimCode[4]’s CaptionClass should be ‘1,2,4’. The CaptionClass will control the field caption as Shortcut Dimension Code in General Ledger Entry Setup. By the way, you can see how it working in CodeUnit 42: CaptionManagement.

4.       The last thing you need to do is adding the function to record the value in page’s OnValidate trigger.

Now you finish all of this by compile and open Customer Card.

You can test by input the value into the textboxes then check by clicking at Dimension button. The values must be the same.