In Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, display methods are still used in some places to show additional information on forms or reports such as fields, calculations, and more. Although they are shown as physical fields, their values are a result of the methods to which they are bound.
The display methods are executed each time the form is redrawn. This means that the more complex the method is, the longer it will take to display it on the screen. Hence, it is always recommended to keep the code in the display methods to a minimum.
The performance of the display methods can be improved by caching them. This is when a display method's return value is retrieved from a database or calculated only once and subsequent calls are made to the cache.
In this recipe, we will create a new cached display method for the PaymentTerm description. We will also...
