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Is there a way to pull a derived/display-only field (like a part description) into a quick report or custom SQL query without joining the underlying detail table?

Answer

Where IFS already exposes that value through a dedicated API function — for example Purchase_Order_Line_API.Get_Part_Description(order_no, release_no, sequence_no, order_type) for the part description shown on a purchase order line — calling that function directly in your SQL expression avoids the join and stays aligned with however IFS derives the value internally.

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