Week 4: Can you create a Card Page with field validations in Business Central?

 Introduction

Welcome to Week 4 of the Business Central Sunday Challenges! In this week's exercise, we'll delve into a crucial aspect of Business Central development: creating card pages with field validations. Card pages serve as essential user interfaces, enabling efficient interaction with data stored in tables. By incorporating field validations, we can enhance data integrity and ensure that the information entered meets specific criteria.

Business Central, an all-encompassing enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, empowers businesses to streamline their operations, manage finances, and gain valuable insights. As developers, we have the opportunity to tailor Business Central to meet the unique needs of organizations. One essential customization aspect is creating card pages that provide a user-friendly interface for viewing and editing records.

While card pages offer a visually appealing and intuitive way to interact with data, it's crucial to enforce rules and restrictions on the fields within these pages. Field validations allow us to define criteria that data must meet, ensuring accuracy and consistency. Whether it's validating email addresses, enforcing data formats, or performing complex calculations, field validations offer a powerful toolset to maintain data integrity.

Whether you're a seasoned Business Central developer or just starting your journey, this challenge provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your skills and deepen your understanding of creating card pages with field validations. Embrace the chance for growth and self-improvement as we embark on Week 4's challenge, unlocking new levels of creativity and proficiency in Business Central's captivating realm of user interfaces.

Are you ready to seize this challenge and unlock your potential? Let's begin our journey of exploration and innovation together as we delve into the captivating world of creating dynamic card pages with field validations in Business Central!

Before you start

If you're feeling uncertain about validations, conditional statements, page creation, or data types in AL programming, there's no need to fret. Before immersing yourself in the challenge at hand, I highly recommend setting aside a moment to watch an invaluable video tutorial.

This tutorial offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on creating pages, implementing validations, and delving into the nuances of various data types. By acquainting yourself with this tutorial, you'll acquire the essential confidence and knowledge needed to successfully overcome the challenge.

Prior to embarking on your journey towards mastery in page creation and data types, don't hesitate to equip yourself with this valuable resource. It will prove instrumental in bolstering your understanding and ensuring a fruitful exploration of the challenge ahead.

OnValidate Trigger

Validations using RegEx

Data Types in Business Central

Create a Card page in BC

if condition to validate a field in business central

Requirement

Page Type: Card

Source Table: Employee

For the Card page requirement, we will be working with the Employee table as the source table. This table was created in the previous challenge, which you can find at this link: https://www.learnwithgoms.com/2023/05/week-2-can-you-create-table-in-business.html

Now, let's focus on creating a Card page specifically for the Employee table. The Employee Card page will provide a concise and comprehensive view of individual employee records. It will allow users to access and edit employee details efficiently.

Enforce the below validations in the field

Field	Data Type	Validation	Description
EmployeeID	Code[20]	Auto increment	Unique identifier for the employee
FirstName	Text[30]	Mandatory	Employee's first name
LastName	Text[30]	Mandatory	Employee's last name
BirthDate	Date	Mandatory	Employee's date of birth
Salary	Decimal[12, 2]	Mandatory	Employee's salary
EmployeeNumber	Integer	Mandatory	Employee's employee number
Age	BigInteger	>18 and <65	Employee's age
HireDate	Date	Mandatory	Employee's hire date
Department	Option	Mandatory	Employee's department
Gender	Option	Mandatory	Employee's gender
MaritalStatus	Char[1]	Mandatory	Employee's marital status
EmployeePhoto	BLOB		Employee's photo
WorkingHours	Duration		Employee's working hours
Address	Text[100]	Mandatory	Employee's address
PhoneNumber	String[20]	Should be numbers	Employee's phone number
Email	Text[50]	Proper mail id	Employee's email address
IsActive	Boolean		Whether the employee is active or not
JoiningDateTime	DateTime	Mandatory	Employee's joining date and time

Exhibit Your Success on Social Media: Business Central Sunday Challenge!

Once you've completed the challenge, don't forget to share your achievement on social media! 

• On LinkedIn, use the hashtag #bcsundaychallenge #bc #sundaychallenges and tag @Dr. S. Gomathi.

• On Facebook, utilize the hashtag #bcsundaychallenge #bc #sundaychallenges #gomstechtalks and tag @Goms Techtalks to spread the word.

And 

• on YouTube, make sure to include the hashtag #bcsundaychallenge #bc #sundaychallenges #gomstechtalks and tag @gomstechtalks in your post.

Seize the opportunity to connect with fellow participants and engage in enriching discussions about the challenge by sharing your achievements on these platforms. This is your chance to showcase your skills and become an active member of the vibrant learning community at Goms Techtalks. Don't let this opportunity slip away!

Solution

Will be discussed soon