How do I update the synonym of a related field?

[bethany.k]

I am showing a related field on my application and want to change the synonym. This is what I have done so far, what am I missing?

• Customized the data item AccountNumber
  • Based on the Help text, I made sure I had the Family, Module, and Application specified. I then selected GLAccount in the Table Lookup field since that is the field I have on my app.

For some reason, when I launch my app, the synonym is still not updated?

[Kailey]

Hey Bethany!
If you want to override the synonym for the primary search field of the table lookup, you do it on the table lookup data item itself.

For other related fields, you create unique synonyms in the related field’s data item. If you try creating your synonym in GLAccount instead, it should work.

[bethany.k]

Thank you so much! That worked for me!

For others that look at this thread, in my scenario, I had two table-lookups on my application: GLAccount and BankAccount. I was showing both the Primary and Secondary search fields. GLAccount and BankAccount had the same fields for their primary and secondary search field.

To change the Primary search field for GLAccount, I customized the GLAccount data item.

To change the Primary search field for BankAccount, I customized the BankAccount data item.

To change the Secondary search field (and this would apply for any other type of field as well) for GLAccount and BankAccount, I customized the AccountName data item and added two synonyms with the table-lookup specified.

Here is the app BEFORE I customized and changed synonyms:

Here is the app AFTER I customed and changed the synonyms:

Below shows the data items I customized and how I changed each one: