Basic Details of User Defined Field Maintenance

2.2.1 Basic Details of User Defined Field Maintenance

This topic provides the systematic instructions to basic details of user defined field maintenance.

Based on your requirement and the nature of the field, you can specify default values and validations for the field. Oracle Banking Trade Finance will validate all entries made to the field against the validations you define for a field.

Specify the User ID and Password, and login to Homepage.

On the Homepage, type UDDUDFMT in the text box, and click the next arrow.
The User Defined Fields Maintenance screen is displayed.

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On User Defined Fields Maintenance screen, specify the fields.

For information on fields, refer Table 2-1:

Table 2-1 User Defined Field Maintenance - Field Description

Field	Description
Field Name and Description	You can identify a field that you create with a unique identifier, and a brief description. Each field that you define in Oracle Banking Trade Finance should be assigned a unique code. You can briefly describe the field in Description field. The description is for your information only. It will not be printed on any customer correspondence.
Field Type	The type of field that you can create in Oracle Banking Trade Finance can be of the following formats: Number - Chose this option to create a Numeric field Text - Chose this option to create a Text field Date - Chose this option to create a Date field Cube Entity - Should you need to reuse any of the existing fields of Oracle Banking Trade Finance, to enter additional details you can indicate the Field Type as Cube Entity. The Cube Entity can be any of the existing fields in Oracle Banking Trade Finance like customer, currency, account, etc
Marking a Field as Mandatory	You can make entry to a field mandatory. To do so, check against the Mandatory option. A user of the field will be forced to make an entry to the field. Leave it unchecked to indicate that the field is not mandatory. Note: When a UDF is created, you have to first map it to the corresponding function ID and then provide the validation rule for the UDF.

Field

Description

Field Name and Description

You can identify a field that you create with a unique identifier, and a brief description.

Each field that you define in Oracle Banking Trade Finance should be assigned a unique code. You can briefly describe the field in Description field. The description is for your information only. It will not be printed on any customer correspondence.

Field Type

The type of field that you can create in Oracle Banking Trade Finance can be of the following formats:

Number - Chose this option to create a Numeric field
Text - Chose this option to create a Text field
Date - Chose this option to create a Date field
Cube Entity - Should you need to reuse any of the existing fields of Oracle Banking Trade Finance, to enter additional details you can indicate the Field Type as Cube Entity. The Cube Entity can be any of the existing fields in Oracle Banking Trade Finance like customer, currency, account, etc

Marking a Field as Mandatory

You can make entry to a field mandatory. To do so, check against the Mandatory option. A user of the field will be forced to make an entry to the field. Leave it unchecked to indicate that the field is not mandatory.

Note:

When a UDF is created, you have to first map it to the corresponding function ID and then provide the validation rule for the UDF.

Parent topic: User Defined Field Maintenance