setDefaultView (Client API reference)

Sets the default view for the lookup control dialog box.

Control types supported

Lookup

Syntax

formContext.getControl(arg).setDefaultView(viewId);

Parameter

Name Type Required Description
viewId String Yes The ID of the view to be set as the default view.

Note

Unsure about entity vs. table? See Developers: Understand terminology in Microsoft Dataverse.

Example

This setDefaultViewSample function will set the account form primary contact lookup default view to the My Active Contacts view.

function setDefaultViewSample(executionContext) {
    var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();
    formContext.getControl("primarycontactid").setDefaultView("{00000000-0000-0000-00AA-000010001003}");
}

getDefaultView