Mandatory Fields in Master Tables

KWevick

NAV2013R1. We are trying to make a couple of fields mandatory in the Customer Table when new records are added. We would like to add an error when the user moves off the record after creating a key. The fields we're looking at are code fields. We could possibly init one, but the other definitely needs human intervention. When these aren't filled in, they cause problems down stream, and the order load is fairly high. We could force validation at Sales Order and Return Order release, but would prefer to catch it earlier in the food chain. Our client would prefer to not have to correct after the fact.
For example, we want Department (Dim 1) to be populated on the customer card. This is used for backlog reports as well as posting purposes, so forcing the Dimension in certain G/L accounts is too little too late, and only orders that are ready to be shipped are released.
Thanks for your help.

MBerger

There are no mandatory fields in NAV. Most of the time we solve this by blocking the data ( for instance by using a 'Blocked' boolean field with an initial value of True ) , and add the checks on the mandatory field on removing the block.

neilgf

Hi

Not available in Nav 2013 but is in Nav 2015 as per following link: http://totovic.com/2014/09/16/mandatory ... -nav-2015/.
So you will have to code in.
There are various solutions out there so check them out.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1395 ... a-nav-page
http://dynamicsuser.net/forums/p/41714/212713.aspx - this one is simple.

Neil