Edit system table messages

The default display name of some system tables is used in user interface text and error messages in Microsoft Dataverse. If you change the display name, you should also update any messages that use the default display name. For example, if you change the display name from Account to Company, you could still see an error message using the old name.

You cannot edit system messages using the Power Apps portal, you must use solution explorer.

  1. From the Power Apps portal select Solutions, and then on the toolbar, select Switch to classic.

  2. In the All Solutions list select the unmanaged solution you want.

In the solution explorer, below the table, if you see a Messages node you can edit certain text that includes references to the original table display name.

Table Messages.

Editing this text is straightforward. Double-click the message to see a form with three columns:

Field Description
Default Display String Shows the original text.
Custom Display String Edit this text to change the display string.
Comment Optional. Include a comment about what you changed and why.

Some of the message text may have placeholders in them. These placeholders are numbers with brackets on either side. For example: {0}. These placeholders allow for text to be inserted in the message. If you edit messages, make sure that you keep these placeholders.

Select Save. to save your changes. Select Save and Close to close the form when you save.

Note

Although the UI exposed to edit system table messages includes many references to table names, it doesn't include all of them. For a more comprehensive approach, see Updating localizable text in the base language

Programmatically update table display strings

For developers looking for a way to work with these in code, the display strings are stored in the DisplayString table.

The DisplayString table doesn’t contain the default display strings. The two attributes for this table that contain text are CustomDisplayString and PublishedDisplayString. By default, these attribute values are null unless the display string has been customized and published. The PublishedDisplayString value is read-only and reflects the currently published CustomDisplayString.

See also

Edit a table
Translate localizable text for model-driven apps