Custom Attributes
Custom attributes makes it possible to extend a logical unit. Use this functionality to add custom
specific information to IFS Applications logical units in order to support
specific process needs. Custom
attributes can be displayed in the client through other concepts, e.g.,
Custom
Fields,
Info Cards,
Custom Logical Units
and Custom Pages.
Types of Custom Attributes
There are three main types of attributes.
A persistent custom attribute is stored in the database. These attributes has
a column and is stored in the generated Custom Attributes table.
A read-only field can display existing values or calculated values.
- Reference
This type of read-only field opens up a dialog window where you can follow
all references from the current LU to all other referenced LU's. You can continue
to follow references to LU's many steps away. Remember that you will get more
performance impact the more references you follow.
- Expression
In this type of read-only field you must enter your own SQL expression that
returns the value that you want to display. The expressions you can use are
Oracle functions, IFS Applications PL/SQL functions and other expressions like
string, date and number expressions.
- Select
statement
This type of read-only field requires that you enter a
select statement that can include bind-variables for restricting the where
clause. Bind-variables are sent as parameters to the function that is created to
handle the execution of the select statement.
This is a special case of a read-only attribute. It is used to make an
existing LU attribute visible as a Custom Attribute. Reasons for this could be:
- To make an attribute more visible by displaying it on another tab,
compared to standard layout.
- To show attributes available in the underlying logical unit, but which
are not available in the underlying view.