How to show a field name in reference field?

[sreejamukherjee]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to show a record's short description instead of the number of that record. Let me elaborate the requirement a bit for better understanding.

I have a reference field named "Release" in Change_Request Table and the reference field refers to rm_release table. When I select a record it takes the number of that record but my requirement is like within that   "Release" field we want the short description of that record will be populated instead of that number.

I need some suggestions to execute it.

Regards,

Sreeja

[Chuck Tomasi]

It sounds like your display fields are a bit messed up. I'm not really sure what state everything is in. All I can explain is that the system does things like this:

• If the table has a field called number, u_number, name, or u_name, it will use that by default (even if display=true is not set on that field)
• If you set another field to display=true, it will use that
• If your table extends from another table that has one of the above and you add a dictionary override for display, it will use that

Hopefully that will guide you in the right direction to know what to set and where. If not, reach out to support so they can login to your instance and investigate further. I'm limited by what I can do in the community.

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