What are AX Table relations?

Relations between tables are used to:

* Associate rows in one table to rows in another table.

• Enforce business rules across tables

• Create auto joins in forms (join one table to another table).

• Look up values in other tables (using lookups and the View Details command).

• Validate data by providing constraints

• Automatically propagate changes from one table to another by defining cascading relations.

• Generating field help (hover over a field, and data from the related table is displayed).

Relationships can be created between tables using MorphX

• These relations are defined within the Microsoft Dynamics AX application and not at the physical database level.

• Relations govern the relationships between data in different tables such as foreign key relationships.

• Foreign key relationships between tables are always formed from the parent table.

Under the relations node you can create different types of relationships between the parent table and other tables in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

• Normal: Specifies related fields in another table. Multiple fields can be included in this relation.

For example, table LogisticsPostalAddress has a relation called State that defines the relation to the LogisticsAddressState table. The values allowed in the state field are limited depending on which country is entered.

• Field fixed:Specifies related fields that restrict the records in the primary table. The fixed field is normally an enum.

• Related field:Fixed specifies related fields that restrict the records in the related table. The related fixed field is normally an enum.

• ForeignKey: Specifies a correspondence between a foreign key field in the present table to the primary key field in another parent table. A ForeignKey can be a PrimaryKey or a Single Field Altenate Key.

When it is a Primary Key, the relation is on the primary key field, for example customer account. When it is a Single Field Alternate Key, the relation is on the surrogate key, which is usually the RecId.

To see an example on: How to create a relation - Go here