---
title: "Table 1223 Data Exch. Column Def"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1223-data-exch-column-def/
type: table
id: 1223
name: "Data Exch. Column Def"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: System.IO
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1223-data-exch-column-def/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Table 1223 Data Exch. Column Def

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1223-data-exch-column-def/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | System.IO |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | System/DataExchange/DataExchColumnDef.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Data Exch. Def Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | Column No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | Name | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | Show | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 5 | Data Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | Data Format | Text[100] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | Data Formatting Culture | Text[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Description | Text[100] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Data Exch. Line Def Code | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 11 | Length | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 12 | Constant | Text[30] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 13 | Path | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 14 | Negative-Sign Identifier | Text[30] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 15 | Text Padding Required | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 16 | Pad Character | Text[1] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 17 | Justification | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 18 | Use Node Name as Value | Boolean | 17-28 | - | - |
| 19 | Blank Zero | Boolean | 21-28 | - | - |
| 20 | Export If Not Blank | Boolean | 21-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | Data Exch. Def Code, Data Exch. Line Def Code, Column No. | 17-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InsertRec | (Code[20], Code[20], Integer, Text[250], Boolean, Option, Text[100], Text[10], Text[50]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| InsertRecForExport | (Code[20], Code[20], Integer, Text[250], Option, Text[100], Integer, Text[30]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| InsertRecForImport | (Code[20], Code[20], Integer, Text[250], Text[50], Boolean, Option, Text[100], Text[10]) | - | public | 17-23 | Pending 21.0 | Replaced by procedure InsertRecordForImport with extended paremeter NewDescription: Text[100] |
| ValidateRec | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| IsDataFormatRequired | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| IsDataFormattingCultureRequired | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetXMLDataFormattingValues | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| IsOfDataLine | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| InsertRecordForImport | (Code[20], Code[20], Integer, Text[250], Text[100], Boolean, Option, Text[100], Text[10]) | - | public | 21-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.