Viewing Table Data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

by jatinmittal1822 | Sep 4, 2018 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

In older NAV versions, developers and users(with required permissions) can view the table data by running tables directly from the Object Designer of NAV Development Environment. See below screen.

But now with Business Central we have new Modern Development Environment for AL programming. For more information, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-reference-overview

Let’s see how we can View Table Data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Web Client.

For developers, administrators, and support personnel, it can be useful to inspect table data in the tenant database, particularly when debugging or troubleshooting. To support this need, you can view table objects in the Web client.

• In a production environment, administrators and support can view a table directly from the Web client.
• In a development environment, in addition to viewing a table directly from the Web client, developers can view a table automatically when they publish/debug an AL project from Visual Studio Code.

NOTE : The table appears as read-only in the client, so modifications, insertions and deletions cannot be made.

IMPORTANT : Data in the tables can be sensitive. Be sure to follow your organization’s guidelines for handling such data.

Required permissions

Whether viewing the table directly from the client or from Visual Studio Code, your Dynamics 365 user account must have the following permissions:

• Read permission on the table that you want to view.
• Execution permission (direct) on the System object 1350 Run table.

Any end-user that is assigned these permissions will be able to view that table in the browser.

View a table object directly from the client

To view a table, you add the table=<TableID> parameter to the client’s address (URL), replacing <TableID> with the ID of the table that you want to view.

For example, if your URL starts with https://businesscentral.dynamics.com , then to view table 18 Customer in your current company, you could use the following URL:

https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/?table=18

Or for a specific company, such as “CRONUS Inc.”:

https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/?company=CRONUS%20Inc.&table=18

Note the use of & when table=<TableID> is not located directly after the domain name.

See below example, how we can run table object directly from the client running on docker container.

• Home page

• To view data in current company

• To view data in specific company

View a table object from an AL project in Visual Studio Code

You can configure an AL project to view a table when you publish or debug the project (pressing F5 or Ctrl+F5).
In the launch.json file for the project, set the “startupObjectType” parameter to “table” and the “startupObjectId” parameter to the ID of the table. For example:

Output will be

Constraints

You cannot view virtual tables or the following system tables:

Source of Information : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-view-table-data