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.
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. For more information, see HelpText Guidelines.
ConfigurationKey	This property must have a value, to allow the perspective to be disabled.

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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