Setting up an API Extension adding columns to a report export file

  1. Select System Administration > Panel Settings.
  2. Click the + icon to expand the Report Exports list.
  3. Click the pencil icon to edit a Report Exports. For example, Customer List.
  4. Click Add new configuration.
  5. Select the API Extension in Type field for an API Extension adding columns to a report export file.
  6. Click Next to continue.
  7. Optionally, click Cancel to close the dialog box.
    Note: When you click Next, the API Interface Configuration details panel is displayed.

    The Step field contains the feature object name of the Panel Settings tab, and it is not editable.

    The Use as input field contains the Step type and the feature object name of the Panel Settings tab, and it is not editable.

  8. Specify this information:
    API program
    Specify the name of the API program, for example: OIS100MI-Customer order interface.
    Transaction
    Specify the name of the transaction, for example: GetOrderHead-Retrieve customer order head information.
    Note: The available transactions are limited to Get-transactions

    If more than one record is returned by the API, the first record is used in the API Extension call.

    Name
    Specify the name of the API Extension.
  9. Click the API Input Configuration tab and specify the name of the GLT field.
  10. Click the API Output Configuration tab and select the fields to include on the Trace Object Description section.
  11. Click Save.
  12. Optionally, rearrange API Extension fields.
  13. Click Save.

    The selected fields on the API Output Configuration tab are available as data fields on the Trace Object Description section.

    Note: Rearrange all fields included in the Trace Object Description section in Panel Settings.

    You can edit the new API Extensions in the Panel Settings.

    The API Extension name is added to the System Administration > Application Localization list for the user to translate to the other languages.

    When you select the Panel Settings > Reset to Default, you can exclude API Extension from being deleted.