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Default values for Static Entity references
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When making an attribute in an entity that is a reference to a Static Entity, we need to be able to set the default value. Otherwise, when you deploy to an existing application, you need to find a way to set the value, such as manually editing the database or creating a one-time timer to set the values.
29 Jul 2011
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Merged this idea with 'Define the Default value for attributes referencing a static entity' (created on 02 Sep 2015 13:02:58 by Sophia Retief)
17 Feb 2022
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I would like to be able to define the default value for an entity, for attributes that reference static entities.  Also on all my static entities I usually have one record which will generallly be the default.  It would be great if this record could then be added as default whenever used.
02 Sep 2015
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Sure, a bit strange that this is not possible.
If, say, 90%+ of your data has a certain value, you want to use that as a system wide default.

Without an entity default you have to set the default programmatically in every applicable screen.
Not nice for now (more work), even worse if it ever changes: you have to track down and change all code where this has been done :-(
23 Sep 2015
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Well... actually the problem is that we can't set the Default Value property for any FK attribute of an entity, not only Static Entities, I dont know why (I really wish to know).
29 Sep 2015
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This would be very helpful. It's on the radar but this idea is several years old. When can we expect this to be included in a new release? @OutSystems 

06 Apr 2023
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