Handling missing option values

This article is intended for a technical audience. The processes it describes require the help of a developer.

Dataverse contains three option set fields that contain values that you can map to Business Central fields of the Option type for automated synchronization. During synchronization, nonmapped options are ignored and the missing options are appended to the related Business Central table and added to the Dataverse Option Mapping system table to handle manually later. For example, by adding the missing options in either product and then updating the mapping.

The Integration Table Mapping page contains three fields that contain one or more mapped option values. After a full synchronization, the Dataverse Option Mapping page contains the nonmapped options in the three fields.

Record	Option Value	Option Value Caption
Payment Terms: NET30	1	Net 30
Payment Terms: 2%10NET30	2	2% 10; Net 30
Payment Terms: NET45	3	Net 45
Payment Terms: NET60	4	Net 60
Shipment Method: FOB	1	FOB
Shipment Method: NOCHARGE	2	No Charge
Shipping Agent: AIRBORNE	1	Airborne
Shipping Agent: DHL	2	DHL
Shipping Agent: FEDEX	3	FedEx
Shipping Agent: UPS	4	UPS
Shipping Agent: POSTALMAIL	5	Postal Mail
Shipping Agent: FULLLOAD	6	Full Load
Shipping Agent: WILLCALL	7	Will Call

The content of the Dataverse Option Mapping page is based on enum values in the CRM Account table. In Dataverse, the following fields on the account table are mapped to fields on the customer and vendor records:

• Address 1: Freight Terms of data type Enum, where values are defined as follows:

enum 5335 "CDS Shipment Method Code"
{
    Extensible = true;
    value(0; " ") { Caption = ' '; }
    value(1; "FOB") { Caption = 'FOB'; }
    value(2; "NoCharge") { Caption = 'No Charge'; }
}

• Address 1: Shipping Method of data type Enum, where values are defined as follows:

enum 5336 "CDS Shipping Agent Code"
{
    Extensible = true;
    value(0; " ") { Caption = ' '; }
    value(1; "Airborne") { Caption = 'Airborne'; }
    value(2; "DHL") { Caption = 'DHL'; }
    value(3; "FedEx") { Caption = 'FedEx'; }
    value(4; "UPS") { Caption = 'UPS'; }
    value(5; "PostalMail") { Caption = 'Postal Mail'; }
    value(6; "FullLoad") { Caption = 'Full Load'; }
    value(7; "WillCall") { Caption = 'Will Call'; }
}

• Payment Terms of data type Enum, where values are defined as follows:

enum 5334 "CDS Payment Terms Code"
{
    Extensible = true;
    value(0; " ") { Caption = ' '; }
    value(1; "Net30") { Caption = 'Net 30'; }
    value(2; "2%10Net30") { Caption = '2% 10; Net 30'; }
    value(3; "Net45") { Caption = 'Net 45'; }
    value(4; "Net60") { Caption = 'Net 60'; }
}

All of the Business Central enums are mapped to option sets in Dataverse.

Extending option sets in Business Central

1. Create a new AL extension.

2. Add an Enum extension for the options that you want to extend. Be sure that you use the same value.

enumextension 50100 "CDS Payment Terms Code Extension" extends "CDS Payment Terms Code"
{
    value(779800001; "Cash Payment") { Caption = 'Cash Payment'; }
    value(779800002; "Transfer") { Caption = 'Transfer'; }
}

Important

You must use the same option ID values from Dataverse when you extend the Business Central enum. Otherwise synchronization will fail.

Important

Do not use the "," character in the enum values and captions. This is currently not supported by the Business Central runtime.

Note

The first ten characters of the new option value names and captions must be unique. For example, two options named "Transfer 20 working days" and "Transfer 20 calendar days" will cause an error because both have the same first 10 characters, "Transfer 2". Name them, for example, "TRF20 WD" and "TRF20 CD."

Update Dataverse option mapping

Now you can recreate the mapping between Dataverse options and Business Central records.

On the Integration Table Mapping page, choose the line for the Payment Terms map, and then choose the Synchronize Modified Records action. The Dataverse Option Mapping page is updated with the following records.

Record	Option Value	Option Value Caption
Payment Terms: NET30	1	Net 30
Payment Terms: 2%10NET30	2	2% 10; Net 30
Payment Terms: NET45	3	Net 45
Payment Terms: NET60	4	Net 60
Payment Terms: CASH PAYME	779800001	Cash Payment
Payment Terms: TRANSFER	779800002	Transfer

The Payment Terms table in Business Central has new records for the Dataverse options. In the following table, new options are in bold font. Italic rows represent all options that can now be synchronized. Remaining rows represent options aren't in use and are ignored during synchronization. You can remove them or extend Dataverse options with the same names.

Code	Due Date Calculation	Discount Date Calculation	Discount %	Calc. Pmt. Disc. on Cr. Memos	Description
10 DAYS	10D		0.	FALSE	Net 10 days
14 DAYS	14D		0.	FALSE	Net 14 days
15 DAYS	15D		0.	FALSE	Net 15 days
1M(8D)	1M	8D	2.	FALSE	1 Month/2% 8 days
2 DAYS	2D		0.	FALSE	Net 2 days
2%10NET30			0.	FALSE
21 DAYS	21D		0.	FALSE	Net 21 days
30 DAYS	30D		0.	FALSE	Net 30 days
60 DAYS	60D		0.	FALSE	Net 60 days
7 DAYS	7D		0.	FALSE	Net 7 days
CASH PAYME			0.	FALSE
CM	CM		0.	FALSE	Current Month
COD	0D		0.	FALSE	Cash on delivery
NET30			0.	FALSE
NET45			0.	FALSE
NET60			0.	FALSE
TRANSFER			0.	FALSE

See also

Mapping the Tables and Fields to Synchronize

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