Page searchability

The Tell me feature introduced in Chapter 3, Data Types and Table Fields, in the Experimenting with filters section, does not automatically cover every page object. Instead, for pages to be included in Tell me, we need to specify a UsageCategory property. Additionally, we can specify the ApplicationArea to ensure that the page is found only with a certain user experience being enabled.

Everything mentioned about page searchability also applies to report objects, as we already practiced in Chapter 1, Introduction to Business Central, in the Creating a list report section.

UsageCategory property

The UsageCategory property is available on the object level only, and it must have one of the following values: None, Lists, Tasks, ReportsAndAnalysis, Documents, History, or Administration.

Note

A UsgeCategory value that is different than None is required for a page to appear in Tell me.

The property also serves other purposes: It sets the department column...