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# Codeunit 3917 "Record Reference"

> Codeunit 3917 "Record Reference" in System Application (System.Reflection). 1 public procedures, 1 events. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30.

System Application · System.Reflection · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/System%20Application/App/Record%20Reference/src/RecordReference.Codeunit.al) · facts from BC29

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Access | Public |

## Events published

- `OnInitialize(RecordRef: RecordRef; var RecordReference: Interface "Record Reference"; CallerModuleInfo: ModuleInfo; var IsInitialized: Boolean)` (integration): Use this event to initialize the Record Reference interface with an implementation that has the required indirect permissions to read write to the table referenced by the RecordRef parameter.
  - subscribers: [Codeunit 3920 "Reten. Pol. Record Ref. Impl."](../codeunit/3920.md) OnSetRecordRefIndirectPermissionInterface, [Codeunit 8903 "Email Record Reference Impl."](../codeunit/8903.md) OnSetRecordRefIndirectPermissionInterface

## Procedures

- `Initialize(RecordRef: RecordRef; var RecordReference: Interface "Record Reference")`: Initializes the Record Reference interface. The method raises the OnInitialize event. If no subscriber initializes the interface, a default implementation is assigned.

## Calls

From the extracted call graph of BC29 (graphify-al on the snapshot checkout): calls whose target is known from a declared type or an `Object::"Name"` argument. Interface dispatch and calls through events are not counted, so the list is not complete.

- [Codeunit 3918 "Record Reference Impl."](../codeunit/3918.md) (1 call: `Initialize → Initialize`)

## Called by

- [Codeunit 3915 "Reten. Pol. Filtering Impl."](../codeunit/3915.md) (3 calls: `ApplyRetentionPolicyAllRecordFilters → Initialize`, `ApplyRetentionPolicySubSetFilters → Initialize`, `HasReadPermission → Initialize`)
- [Codeunit 3904 "Apply Retention Policy Impl."](../codeunit/3904.md) (1 call: `GetExpiredRecords → Initialize`)
- [Codeunit 3916 "Reten. Pol. Delete. Impl."](../codeunit/3916.md) (1 call: `DeleteRecords → Initialize`)
- [Codeunit 3918 "Record Reference Impl."](../codeunit/3918.md) (1 call: `Initialize → OnInitialize`)
- [Codeunit 3994 "Reten. Pol. Doc. Arch. Fltrng."](../codeunit/3994.md) (1 call: `ApplyRetentionPolicySubSetFilters → Initialize`)

## Implemented by

- [Codeunit 3919 "Record Reference Default Impl."](../codeunit/3919.md)
- [Codeunit 3920 "Reten. Pol. Record Ref. Impl."](../codeunit/3920.md)
- [Codeunit 8903 "Email Record Reference Impl."](../codeunit/8903.md)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: none

Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

## Ask your agent

Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). The call sections above are our own, per object, from the BC29 call graph. For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "codeunit", object_name: "Record Reference")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.