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So our approach for this is to let you reference Formula language entities (view columns, form fields) by NAME as we do not want to put Formula language into DQL (at least now). They will also be allowed as sort criteria.
I expected this to happen:
itemNames {Array<string>}
An optional array of item names. Use this option to read selected items. The default is to read no document items.
Now put @formula('@Left(companyname;20)') into a list of items and you're powerful to meet the needs of your UI component without using any kind of domino design element for it.