Best Practices for Perspectives

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

This topic contains best practice information for setting perspective properties, perspective field properties, table reference properties, and view reference properties.

Perspective Properties

Property

Rules

Label

Mandatory property.

Do not set the Label property to the same property as the HelpText property. Error icon

HelpText

Mandatory property.

Do not set the HelpText property to the same property as the Label property; the user should be provided with more detailed information than is available in the label. Error icon For more information, see HelpText Guidelines.

ConfigurationKey

This property must have a value, to allow the perspective to be disabled. Error icon

Perspective Field Properties

Property

Rules

DataField

Mandatory property. Must be selected by using the drop-down box next to the property.

Table Reference Properties

Property

Rules

Table

Mandatory property. Must be selected by using the drop-down box next to the property.

View Reference Properties

Property

Rules

View

Mandatory property. Must be selected by using the drop-down box next to the property.

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