# How do I update the synonym of a related field?

**URL:** <https://community.nextw.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-synonym-of-a-related-field/2012>\
**Category:** Nextworld Platform\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-synonym-of-a-related-field/2012 "2026-05-06T18:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![bethany.k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/bethany.k/32/111_2.png) [@bethany.k](https://community.nextw.com/u/bethany.k)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-synonym-of-a-related-field/2012/1 "2026-05-06T18:57:06Z")

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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?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/2/2689432cf578d2c0c897c783fc3507ce81e83344.png)

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**Author:** ![Kailey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/kailey/32/266_2.png) [@Kailey](https://community.nextw.com/u/Kailey)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-synonym-of-a-related-field/2012/2 "2026-05-07T20:22:50Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![bethany.k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/bethany.k/32/111_2.png) [@bethany.k](https://community.nextw.com/u/bethany.k)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-do-i-update-the-synonym-of-a-related-field/2012/3 "2026-05-07T21:09:15Z")

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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:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/e/eda23edd8bab305c2c6335c0addf50b628c24229.png)

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

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/d/d5d4b78abc697473343d8fbc1e042fc4ce1966d5.png)

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

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/0/01990c17a67fbcc2f9aafb0f1ac605506214a86d.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/7/709a354d03bd5f41b4d125082a139312e12240ad.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/1/193441071e40929c2c9739d4829e7c4b658ce97e.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/nextworld/original/2X/a/a305a2ff1746d7a3691f6025a300a590e5b61a67.png)