Deprecation Tool

This XrmToolBox tool allows you to deprecate the columns by prepending the display name with a deprecation prefix, marking the column as not searchable and appending deprecation timestamp/metadata in the column description (developed by Magnus Gether Sørensen, Ahmad Sattar and Delegate team).

When a particular column is no longer applicable, it is important to mark the column to avoid confusion for other system customisers and make it not searchable to hide it in the advanced find for the users.

To quickly change those settings for multiple columns, you can use this tool to select the table and column(s) to mark them as deprecated.

• Tool Information
• Documentation
• Functionalities
• Mark the column as deprecated (Fig. 1, Pt. 11)
• Select the solution to load the list of tables (Fig. 1, Pt. 2)
• Select the table (Fig. 1, Pt. 6)
• Deprecated columns will be loaded with checked (Fig. 1, Pt. 7)
• Partially deprecated columns will be loaded with filled square (Fig. 1, Pt. 8)
• Columns with deprecation prefix which lacks description metadata
• Select the columns to be deprecated
• Reload the list of columns (Fig. 1, Pt. 9)
• Check all partially deprecated columns with filled square (Fig. 1, Pt. 10)
• Deprecating the column will
• Update the display name and add a deprecation prefix
• Change Searchable property of the column to No
• Append the column description with the timestamp and the original metadata before deprecation for (Searchable and Field Requirement properties)
• Additionally, the tool can
• Show the number of tables included in each solution (Fig. 1, Pt. 1)
• Reload all solution, tables and columns (Fig. 1, Pt. 3)
• Allow changing the settings for the tool (Fig. 1, Pt. 4)
• Prefix to filter the logical name of the columns in the list (Fig. 2, Pt. 1)
• Prefix to prepend to the display name of the deprecated columns (Fig. 2, Pt. 2)
• Open the documentation of the tool (Fig. 1, Pt. 5)

Fig. 1 - Deprecation Tool

Fig. 2 - Deprecation Tool Settings

This is part of the #TooLDR series where I test and review the tools for Power Platform. You can check out the information for the other tools on this page.