Defining Free Fields for Items
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Introduction
This page allows you to define additional fields for items. These fields will then be available under the Free fields section when creating items. However, the free fields displayed will depend on the assortment defined for the item at Assortment under the Categories section when creating items. Different types of fields can be created such as text fields, date fields, number fields, and many more.
Menu path
- To create additional fields for new items, go to Logistics/Setup/General/Assortments, and then click New. Under the Free fields: Items section, click the relevant link of the additional field to be created.
- To create or modify additional fields for existing items, go to Logistics/Setup/General/Assortments, and then click the relevant link of the assortment in the Code or Description column. Under the Free fields: Items section, click the relevant link of the additional field to be created or modified.
Roles & rights
To create or modify free fields for items, function right 217 – Maintain Item assortment is required. Users with the Item management role have this function right.
For more details on what you can do with function rights or levels, go to System/Setup/Security/Function rights, select the required module, and then click on the relevant ID. To find out the functions you can perform with a particular role, go to System/Setup/Security/Roles, type in the description, click Refresh, and then click the required link under the Role column.
Button
Save
Click this to save the details of the additional field.
Close
Click this to exit.
Description
Assortment
This displays the assortment of the free field.
Field
This displays the free field selected for the assortment.
Label
Type a name for the additional field.
Selection: Values
Type the options to be displayed in the free field box when creating or editing items. You can define the selection values based on the following scenarios:
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Term is defined: If you want to define a free field selection value for a term that is already available at System/Setup/Term/Search, the format for the selection value is "value, term, term ID". For example, type "1,Account,8;2,Resource,12;3,Request,16" if you want the free field box to have options "Account", "Resource", and "Request".
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Term is not defined: If you want to define a free field selection value for a term that is not available at System/Setup/Term/Search, the format for the selection value is "value, description". For example, type "1,Red;2,Green;3,Blue" if you want the free field box to have options "Red", "Green", and "Blue".
Note: This box is available only if you are defining Text or Number free fields.
Related document
Main Category: |
Support Product Know How |
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Online help main |
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On-line help files |
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All - 0 |
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Details |
Document ID: |
15.581.342 |
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Exact Synergy Enterprise
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Date: |
27-09-2010 |
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