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# Table 5203 "Employee Qualification"

> Table 5203 "Employee Qualification" in Base Application (Microsoft.HumanResources.Employee). 13 fields. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC28.

Base Application · Microsoft.HumanResources.Employee · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/HumanResources/Employee/EmployeeQualification.Table.al) · facts from BC29

Learn documents this table through its pages: [Page 5206 "Employee Qualifications"](../page/5206.md) (3 Learn pages).

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Employee Qualification |
| DataClassification | CustomerContent |

## Fields

Explanation: the field's ToolTip in the code; without one, the ToolTip of a page control bound to the field (marked via the page); without that, its Caption (marked caption) when that differs from the name.

| No. | Name | Type | Explanation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employee No. | Code[20] | Specifies a number for the employee. | TableRelation [Table 5200 "Employee"](../table/5200.md); NotBlank |
| 2 | Line No. | Integer | — |  |
| 3 | Qualification Code | Code[10] | Specifies a qualification code for the employee. | TableRelation [Table 5202 "Qualification"](../table/5202.md) |
| 4 | From Date | Date | Specifies the date when the employee started working on obtaining this qualification. |  |
| 5 | To Date | Date | Specifies the date when the employee is considered to have obtained this qualification. |  |
| 6 | Type | Option | Specifies a type for the qualification, which specifies where the qualification was obtained. | OptionCaption: ,Internal,External,Previous Position |
| 7 | Description | Text[100] | Specifies a description of the qualification. |  |
| 8 | Institution/Company | Text[100] | Specifies the institution from which the employee obtained the qualification. |  |
| 9 | Cost | Decimal | Specifies the cost of the qualification. |  |
| 10 | Course Grade | Text[50] | Specifies the grade that the employee received for the course, specified by the qualification on this line. |  |
| 11 | Employee Status | Enum "Employee Status" | — | enum [Enum 5200 "Employee Status"](../enum/5200.md); not editable |
| 12 | Comment | Boolean | Specifies whether a comment was entered for this entry. | FlowField: exist("Human Resource Comment Line" where("Table Name" = const("Employee Qualification"), "No." = field("Employee No."), "Table Line No." = field("Line No."))); not editable |
| 13 | Expiration Date | Date | Specifies the date when the qualification on this line expires. |  |

## Keys

- Key1: Employee No., Line No. (clustered)
- Key2: Qualification Code

## Triggers

OnDelete, OnInsert

## Relations

- lookup page [Page 5206 "Employee Qualifications"](../page/5206.md)
- drill-down page [Page 5207 "Qualified Employees"](../page/5207.md)
- Employee No.: TableRelation [Table 5200 "Employee"](../table/5200.md)
- Qualification Code: TableRelation [Table 5202 "Qualification"](../table/5202.md)
- Comment: CalcFormula [Table 5208 "Human Resource Comment Line"](../table/5208.md)

## Referenced by

2 fields in 2 objects relate to this table (TableRelation or CalcFormula).

- [Table 5202 "Qualification"](../table/5202.md): Qualified Employees
- [Table 5208 "Human Resource Comment Line"](../table/5208.md): No.

## Pages and codeunits on this table

- [Page 5206 "Employee Qualifications"](../page/5206.md) (source table)
- [Page 5207 "Qualified Employees"](../page/5207.md) (source table)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC24, BC28

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). 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: "table", object_name: "Employee Qualification")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.
