Assigning journal user fields

Before you start, create filters for the UserArea properties (UserArea/Property/NameValue) in the JournalEntryHeader or JournalEntryLine component of the SourceSystemJournalEntry BOD Registration. The attribute used for filtering must be /NameValue/@name.

  1. Select BPA Designer > Journal User Fields.

    The existing journal user field assignments is displayed and the Add button for Header and Line tab is enabled.
  2. Specify this information:
    Transaction
    Select the business document for which to define a journal user field set. This dynamic list displays the document name of registered transactional documents.
    Name
    Select the name of the journal user field set for which to contain the journal user field assignment. This dynamic list displays the names of the journal user field sets added for the selected transaction.
  3. Select Header or Line.
    Note: Header refers to the JournalEntryHeader component, while Line refers to the JournalEntryLine component of the SourceSystemJournalEntry business document.
  4. Click Add in the selected Header or Line tab.
  5. Specify this information:
    Name
    Select the name of the journal user field for which to assign a value source. This dynamic list shows the descriptions of the journal user field attributes mapped for the selected transaction.
    Type
    Select the value type. Possible values are:
    • Fixed Value
    • Attribute
    • Expression
  6. Specify the information for the remaining fields. The displayed fields depend on the selected value type.
    For Fixed Value value:
    Value
    Specify a number, text, or date value.
    For Attribute value:
    Mapping
    Select the document registration. This dynamic list displays all transactional document registrations.
    Attribute
    Select the attribute. This dynamic list displays the attributes associated to the selected document registration.
    For Expression value:
    Expression
    Select the name of the expression. This dynamic list displays the expressions defined for the selected Transaction, excluding expressions of type REST API. For search template expressions, only search template returning a single result (excluding nested expressions returning a numeric value) or text type of expression are displayed.
  7. Click Save.