Additional Information Definitions (tcstl2100m000)

Use this session to create and maintain additional information fields.

Note: Activated fields for which you clear the Active check box, will disappear from the user interface. However, filled instances of these additional fields will remain in the database. When a deactivated field is reactivated (for example, with a new name), the filled instances will be shown again.

Field Information

Table

The table name.

For information about the database tables for which additional information fields can be defined, see:

Additional information fields in Sales
Additional information fields in Procurement
Additional information fields for Project
Additional information fields in Warehousing

Additional information fields can also be defined for these tables in Invoicing and Quality :

cisli310
cisli810
qmptc120
qmptc301
tfgld107

Note:

For tfgld107, these restrictions are applicable:

Only the first 10 text (string) fields on the first tab are available
Only the General definition level is available.
The additional information fields for tfgld107 cannot be copied to other tables. These fields are only used internally in Financials .

Table

The table description.

Level

The definition level for the additional information fields.

Allowed values

General: The additional fields linked to the specified database table are displayed in the corresponding overview and details sessions. In these sessions, the additional information fields are grouped in separate tabs. In the details sessions, you can edit the contents of these fields.
Sold-to Business Partner: The additional information fields linked to the specified database table and the selected business partner are displayed and editable in the details session corresponding to the specified database table, if the selected business partner is the sold-to business partner of the sales document.
Buy-from Business Partner: The additional information fields linked to the specified database table and the selected business partner are displayed and editable in the details session corresponding to the specified database table, if the selected business partner is the buy-from business partner of the purchase document.

Code

The code of the sold-to business partner or buy-from business partner for which the additional fields are defined.

Additional Information

Field Name

The technical field name that is used for field mapping and for populating tags in XML documents /BODs.

Label Code

The optional label code.

Label Code

The label description will appear as prompt for the additional field in the user interface. This allows you to have language-specific prompts in case of multi-language environments.

If you do not use labels, the desired prompt can be entered manually in the description field (attribute desc). Then, the prompt shown will be the same for all languages. When a label is filled and the description field is still empty, the description field is defaulted with the description of the entered label and the description field will be disabled. The description can only be entered or maintained if no label code is defined.

UI Description

The description used in the user interface.

Active

If this check box is selected, this field is displayed in the user interface and is editable.

Default value

Cleared

Internal

If this check box is selected, the contents of this field are not printed on external documents.

External documents are printed in these sessions:

Print Contract Acknowledgments (tpctm1400m000)
Print Requests for Quotation (tdpur1401m000)
Print Purchase Releases (tdpur3422m000)
Print Purchase Orders (tdpur4401m000)
Print Packing Slips (whinh4475m000)

Note: Additional information fields marked as internal are not printed on external documents, but are passed on to other tables if set up accordingly.

Default value

Cleared

Copy Text to Next Table

If this check box is selected, the contents of the text field for the current table is copied to the next table in the flow down. The text field is available in the Extended Additional Information (tcstl2110m000) session, where users can enter text in this field.

Default value

Selected

Print extra Label on Additional Information Annex

The options for an extra subheading for the Annex report. The Annex report lists the additional fields and their contents.

Annex report subheadings can be maintained for these database tables:

Requests for Quotation (tdpur100)
Request for Quotation Lines (tdpur101)
RFQ Responses by Bidder (tdpur106)
Purchase Requisitions (tdpur200)
Purchase Requisition Lines (tdpur201)
Purchase Schedules (tdpur310)
Purchase Schedule Lines (tdpur311)
Purchase Release Lines (tdpur321)
Purchase Release Line Details (tdpur322)
Purchase Orders (tdpur400)
Purchase Order Lines (tdpur401)
Deliverables (tppdm700)

For the other tables, the subheading of the Annex report is always Contract Clauses.

Allowed values

Contract Clauses: A subheading with title Contract Clauses is printed on the report.
Label: The label selected in the Annex Report Label field is printed as subheading on the Annex report.
None: No subheading is printed on the report.

Annex Report Label

The label that is used for the subheading of the Annex report.

Internal

If this check box is selected, the customer defined fields defined for the tcstl201 table in the Customer Defined Fields (ttadv4591m000) session are not printed on external documents.

If this check box is cleared, the customer defined fields defined for the tcstl201 table in the Customer Defined Fields (ttadv4591m000) session can be printed on external documents. For each field, this depends on the setting of the Internal Use check box in the Customer Defined Fields (ttadv4591m000) session.