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Custom field. Text entry and lookup?

  • October 20, 2020
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Dear community. 

Does anyone know if (In Apps9 UPD15) you can make a Custom field behave like standard IFS field, say for example Part No. Whereby you can free type a Part No in, or select it from the List of Values?

When i create a reference part no field, it only allows LoV, not free text input. 

Thanks,

David.

 

 

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paul harland
Superhero (Employee)
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Sorry, no.  That is just how it works.


durette
Superhero (Customer)
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  • Superhero (Customer)
  • October 20, 2020

If you want free text and don’t mind losing the list of values, you can set it up as free text and validate the user’s entry with a custom event.


durette
Superhero (Customer)
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  • Superhero (Customer)
  • October 20, 2020

The LOV dialog for a reference custom field supports saved searches, and you can configure the dialog to default to a particular saved search. You might consider a saved search that prompts for a part number, then does a wildcard search against that. It would save a few keystrokes.


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  • Sidekick (Customer)
  • October 7, 2021

Sadly, same problem still exists in Apps 10 (UPD 11).