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.

Persistent

A persistent custom attribute is stored in the database. These attributes has a column and is stored in the generated Custom Attributes table.

Read Only

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.

Local

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.