Additional information fields

You can define additional information fields that are added as extra fields to LN standard sessions. In the standard sessions, users can modify the values of these fields.

The contents of additional information fields can be transferred between various sessions in the inbound and outbound flow, such as:

  • From a project planned PRP purchase order via a purchase order to a receipt in Warehousing.
  • From a sales order or sales schedule via the related warehousing order to a shipment in Warehousing.
  • From a project contract via a contract deliverable to an outbound order line in Warehousing.

Additional information fields are used, for example, to transfer contract information or contract clauses to all parties involved in the supply chain.

Define additional information fields

Additional information fields are defined in the Additional Information Definitions (tcstl2100m000) session.

See To define additional information fields.

Additional information field properties

These additional information fields are available:

  • 26 Alphanumeric string fields, each with a field length of 30 characters.
  • 13 Alphanumeric string fields, each with a field length of 20 characters.
  • 2 Date fields
  • 2 Numeric fields
  • 2 Check boxes
  • 1 Text field

Except for the text field, for each additional information field you can specify whether the field contents must be printed on external documents or are intended for internal use only. The text field is for internal use only.

No functional logic is linked to the contents of the additional information fields.

Displaying additional information fields

The 26 string fields with a field length of 30 characters are displayed on the Additional Information tab of the overview and details sessions corresponding to the database table for which the additional information fields are defined.

The additional information fields of all other formats defined for a database table are displayed in the Extended Additional Information (tcstl2110m000) session if this session is started from the session corresponding to the database table for which the additional information fields are defined.

The Extended Additional Information (tcstl2110m000) session is started by clicking Extended Additional Information in the sessions for which additional information fields are present.

Note

Fields defined for the Additional Information (tcstl210) table in the Customer Defined Fields (ttadv4591m000) session are also displayed in the Extended Additional Information (tcstl2110m000) session.

In various sessions, you can print the Annex report that lists the additional information fields and their contents.

Some sessions with additional information fields of their own can also obtain information fields that are transferred from other sessions.

For example, a project pegged purchase order line with additional information fields of its own can inherit information fields from the related contract line.

To check if the additional information fields from both sources are conflicting or redundant, differences reports are available. For more information, refer to Additional information for project pegged purchase documents.

Transferring additional information

LN can transfer additional information fields between database tables, for example, from table tppdm700 (contract deliverable) to whinh220 (warehouse outbound order lines). Transfer is only performed if additional fields with identical field formats and field names are defined for both tables in the Additional Information Definitions (tcstl2100m000) session.

Example

For example, an additional string field with field name Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) is linked to the contract deliverable table. To transfer the value of the Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) field from a contract deliverable to an outbound order line, a field of the same format and with the same field name, Cost Accounting Standard (CAS), must be present in the additional information definition of the whinh220 table. The whinh220 table corresponds to the Outbound Order Lines (whinh2120m000) session.

BOD publishing

For integrations between LN and other applications through Infor ION, outbound additional information fields are published in the ShipmentOutBOD. This Business Object Document (BOD) publishes the additional information fields related to shipments, shipment lines, or handling units. These additional fields are retrieved from the General or the Sold-to Business Partner definition levels.

For the inbound flow, the additional information fields are published in the purchase order BODs. These additional fields are retrieved from the General or the Buy-from Business Partner definition levels.

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