Symptom
You could not find the field while creating work flow rule
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Application user management work center
- Go to work flow rules view
- Click on new button
- In the second step click on add group
- In the drop down you can see the extension field
Cause
You need to create extension field
Resolution
For example: You wanted to create a workflow rule that send an email when an order has been Acknowledged.
Follow below steps to create extension field:
- Go to purchase request and order work center
- Go to Purchase orders view
- Choose all Purchase orders
- Decide whether you want to use column "Status" value(Acknowledgement Received) or the column" PO acknowledgement status" value(Acknowledged)
- Then using adaptation mode create one extension field,
- in the pop up screen where you enter details of Extension field you have one check box "Calculated", check * it
- you can see new field "Calculation rule" choose either Status (Status/PurchaseOrderLifeCycleStatusCode) or PO Acknowledgment Status (Status/PurchaseOrderConfirmationStatusCode) as per the decision made earlier and save it
- Later click on save button in the adaptation screen and then publish the changes on adaptation screen.
Then
- Go to Application user management work center
- Go to work flow rules view
- Click on new button
- In the second step click on add group
- In the drop down you can see the extension field
Keywords
KBA , SRD-CC-BTM , Business Task Management , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions