| # Customer defined fields You can use the Customer Defined Fields (CDF) sessions in LN to store additional information in tables without creating so-called customizations. These sessions are available in the Tools menu, under Application Configuration. Configuration To configure customer defined fields: Start the Customer Defined Fields Parameters (ttadv4590m000) session. Select CDF Active and click OK. Define customer defined fields in one of these ways: Use the Customer Defined Fields option in the View menu of an already started session. Use the Customer Defined Fields (ttadv4591m000) session. If you want to create customer defined fields of type ‘List’, specify the lists and their constants in the Lists (ttadv4592m000) and List Constants (ttadv4593m000) sessions. Start the Convert to Runtime Data Dictionary (ttadv5215m000) session. Convert the customer defined fields and the related domains to the runtime data dictionary. Limitations You cannot specify more than 20 customer defined fields for a table. You cannot define customer defined fields for tables within Tools (the tl and tt packages). You cannot define customer defined fields from within a Multi Main Table (MMT) parent session. Customer defined fields are not displayed in this type of session. You cannot define authorizations, within AMS, for customer defined fields. AMS authorizations are not applicable for customer defined fields. External integrations, such as Infor Integration, EDI, Exchange, Office Integration, and SOA-based integration, do not support customer defined fields. You can use customer defined fields within 4GL reports. For external reporting, only Microsoft Reporting and Cognos support customer defined fields. Customer defined fields cannot store application data in multiple data languages. Note The full functionality of customer defined fields is only available within Web UI. Customer defined fields are not displayed in the classic Infor LN BW UI. Personalization If a session contains customer defined fields, you can perform these actions: Hide/unhide these fields. Move these fields to a different location, such as a different tab. |