Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): Tooltips on query columns (ToolTip Property & ToolTipML Property)

Hi, Readers.
The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC25) is available. Learn more: Link.

I will continue to test and share some new features that I hope will be helpful.

In this post, I would like to talk about Tooltips on query columns (ToolTip Property & ToolTipML Property) in Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC25). This is not yet documented in the Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC25) release plan. But it is mentioned in AL Language extension changelog Version 14.0

Added ToolTip property to query columns.

Even the best designed user interface can still be confusing to some. It can be difficult to predict what users find confusing, and that’s why the base application includes tooltips for all fields on pages. Tooltips help users unblock themselves by providing an answer to the most likely questions the users might have, such as “What data can I input here?” or “What is the data used for?”. For example,

This is set via the ToolTip Property.

In the last wave (BC24), the ToolTip Property and ToolTipML Property can be applied to table fields. More details: Business Central 2024 wave 1 (BC24): Tooltips on table fields (ToolTip Property & ToolTipML Property)

And with this wave (BC25), the ToolTip Property and ToolTipML Property can now be applied to query columns.
In Query object:

When opening Query directly from the page.

Also displayed in In-client Analysis mode.
PS: Business Central 2023 wave 2 (BC23): Analyze, group, and pivot data on queries using multiple tabs (In-client Analysis mode in Query)

Small update, but it makes life easier. Give it a try!!!😁

PS:
1. This feature is also supported on Error Action, but the method is different.
More details: Business Central 2023 wave 2 (BC23): Add option to specify tooltips for Notification/ErrorInfo actions (AddAction supports tooltips)

2. As of the time of testing, AL code actions have not been updated, only supports moving from page controls to table fields.

Move the tooltip from page controls to table fields or clean them up from the page in case of duplicates. For more information, see Tooltip property.

3. Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): Support for SaveAsJson on the Query object

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Hope this will help.

Thanks for reading.

ZHU