---
title: "Table 5777 Item Reference"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/5777-item-reference/
type: table
id: 5777
name: "Item Reference"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: Microsoft.Inventory.Item.Catalog
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/5777-item-reference/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 5777 Item Reference

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/5777-item-reference/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | Microsoft.Inventory.Item.Catalog |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | Inventory/Item/Catalog/ItemReference.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Item No. | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | Variant Code | Code[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | Unit of Measure | Code[10] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | Reference Type | Enum Item Reference Type | 17-28 | - | - |
| 5 | Reference Type No. | Code[20] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | Reference No. | Code[50] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | Description | Text[100] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Discontinue Bar Code | Boolean | 17-25 | Removed 21.0 | Not used in base application. |
| 9 | Description 2 | Text[50] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Starting Date | Date | 23-28 | - | - |
| 11 | Ending Date | Date | 23-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | Item No., Variant Code, Unit of Measure, Reference Type, Reference Type No., Reference No. | 17-28 |
| Key2 | Reference No. | 17-28 |
| Key3 | Reference No., Reference Type, Reference Type No. | 17-28 |
| Key4 | Reference Type, Reference No. | 17-28 |
| Key5 | Item No., Variant Code, Unit of Measure, Reference Type, Reference No. | 17-28 |
| Key6 | Reference Type, Reference Type No. | 17-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FindItemDescription | (var Text[100], var Text[50], Code[20], Code[10], Code[10], Enum Item Reference Type, Code[20]) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | Pending 23.0 | Use another implementation of FindItemDescription. |
| HasValidUnitOfMeasure | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateItemVendor | () | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| FindItemDescription | (var Text[100], var Text[50], Code[20], Code[10], Code[10], Date, Enum Item Reference Type, Code[20]) | Boolean | public | 23-28 | - | - |

## Events

| Kind | Name | Parameters | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration event | OnAfterCreateItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Vendor) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeItemVendorDelete | (Record Item Vendor, Record Item Reference) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeFindItemDescription | (var Text[100], var Text[50], Code[20], Code[10], Code[10], Enum Item Reference Type, Code[20], var Boolean, var Boolean) | 19-21 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeCreateItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Vendor) | 20 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeUpdateItemVendorNo | (var Record Item Reference, var Boolean) | 20-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeMultipleItemReferencesExist | (var Record Item Reference, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 20-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnInsertTriggerOnBeforeCreateItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Reference, Record Item) | 20-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeCreateItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, var Record Item Vendor) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeCreateItemVendorProcedure | (var Record Item Reference, var Record Item Vendor, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeFindItemDescription | (var Text[100], var Text[50], Code[20], Code[10], Code[10], Enum Item Reference Type, Code[20], var Boolean, var Boolean, var Record Item Reference) | 22 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeDeleteItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, var Boolean) | 22-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeFindItemDescription | (var Text[100], var Text[50], Code[20], Code[10], Code[10], Enum Item Reference Type, Code[20], var Boolean, var Boolean, var Record Item Reference, Date) | 23-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnRenameOnBeforeUpdateItemVendor | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Reference, var Boolean) | 25-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeValidateReferenceType | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Reference, var Boolean) | 25-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnInsertTriggerOnBeforeValidateUoM | (var Record Item Reference, Record Item Reference, Record Item, var Boolean) | 26-28 | - | - |

## 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.