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Editable Grid Control in Dynamics 365
3 min readJan 14, 2021

Editable grids provide user ability to do in-line editing directly from the grid or sub-grid, so users do not need to open the record just for a minor modification. It is available for web or tablet; Editable Grid is not available for phone version.
There are a few crucial points regarding the Editable Grid:
- The standard fields can be edited within Editable Grid control, including lookup fields and options sets.
- Filtering is supported
- The grouping and sorting are possible in the view of the Editable Grid.
- Business rules work with Editable Grid for example; show error message, set field value, lock or unlock feet
- Some data types are not supported by editable grids for example; composite fields, calculated fields and read-only fields
- JavaScript events are supported for example any JavaScript event on the field in the grid
- The changes made in the grid are not “autosave”, there is a small icon button to “save” changes.
Steps to add Editable Grid control to the entity:
- Go to advance settings