Dictionary override display value not working

[Marton]

Hi guys,

I have a reference field on the Issue table to the Task table, and I want to change the display value there to short_description

any idea why is this not working? It still shows the task number on the field.

[Uncle Rob]

This will cause the display value of Issues to be the short_description.  
But it sounds like you want the Task's short description when you reference a Task from Issue.  I could be misunderstanding you though.

If I AM understanding you correctly, you can't pull this off with an Override (unless you want all Task references to work that way all the time).  You're way better off just dot walking up to get the task.short_description on whatever field / list view you're looking at.

[Marton]

I would need to display the short description of the task instead of the number on this field

Where should I use dotwalking here to make it display by default?

[Uncle Rob]

Problem is, if you override the display column to be short_description on project, that will be true EVERYWHERE, not just in your Issue context.

On the form layout for issue, you should be able to select the Issue's Project's Short Description as a field, instead of the bare reference.

When the field selector page refreshes you'll be looking at fields from the parent record.  Pick short description

[Brian Lancaster]

My first thought would be that you are doing a dictionary override on the short_description field and since its value and display value are the same doing an override on display value does nothing for you.  You have to do the dictionary override on the your reference field.  Setting override on display value does not see to allow you to choose another column so I'm not sure what it would do of if what you are looking for is possible.