How to rename a field label on Extending table forms

[Naren]

Hello

I have a parent table 'xyz' and i have 7 child tables extending the parent. I have added a reference field on Parent and child table forms. I would need to update the label of the added reference field on all forms. Looking for a best way to update the same label on all forms..

[Michael Jones -]

Do you want the label to be the same across all of the forms (parent and all children) or different on each form? If you want them to be the same, if you update the label on the parent table (and don't otherwise have an override in place) then the label will be the same on all tables. 

Otherwise, you can configure the dictionary on the parent table and on the form use the label related list to set a label for each individual table there. 

For example, from task, I have a field called "A new User Field" but, on the change_request table, it has a lable of "Change User". 

I hope this helps!

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Michael Jones - Proud member of the CloudPires team

[Naren]

Thanks for the update, Michael Jones. But actually my reference field is from another table not on parent table.

[VaranAwesomenow]

if goal is to keep labels separate for each child table below link has instructions

https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/tokyo-platform-administration/page/use/reporting/task/t_RelabelAColumn.html

Its important to note that when updating labels it needs to be done in correct application scope for example to update case field labels user should be in sn_customerservice scope.