I'm working on a new project where I need to reference the description of the current item. Rather than store the description, I am going to use either a derived field or add a table to my IDO. I am wondering if these are the supported methods going forward or is there is an alternative way to reference the fields. I ask as in the cloud, developers will not have direct access to the database & (possibly) not have access to the tables/schemas. If that were the case, then it would be impossible to create either a derived field or add a table as you wouldn't know what to use.
I realize I may be making something out of nothing, but I'm striving to ensure cloud-compatible development practices on site in the event we ever move to the cloud. Any merit to my question?
