Dataverse key confused

[_Judy_]

Hi, all :

Coulud I ask a question, if dataverse key created key already.

why still have keys in schema? (picture in circle color red)

【please see the picture in keys.png】

Thanks, have a nice day.

Judy

[GuidoPreite · Accepted solution]

in  your screenshot "Name" is not a key, is the primary name attribute.

However with "Keys" it means alternate keys, that you can create to identify a record beside the primary id.

I make an example with Contact.

Inside "Contact" you will have "contactid" that is the primary key (a Guid) and "fullname" that is the primary name attribute.

You can create a new column called for example "Contact Code" and set is as an alternate key, the field is unique (means that no duplicate "Contact Code" exists) and  you can retrieve the contact directly by this "Contact Code" 

[_Judy_]

Thank you, GuidoPreite.
Explained in great detail and easy to understand.