Editing a Custom Field Definition

To edit a custom field definition

1	Click Account > Account Details. The Account Setup and Maintenance page opens, displaying the Account Details tab.

2	Click the Custom Field Definitions tab.

Custom field information displays for existing custom fields.

3	In the Name column, click the hyperlink of the custom field definition that you want to edit.

The Custom Field Definitions pop-up opens.

4	Edit the following fields:

Name—Required. Type the name of the custom field.

Label—Optional, but if you leave it blank, the system creates a label that is identical to the name. Type a description for the custom field that identifies the field and has meaning to you. The description does not need to be unique.

EDI Qual. Loc.—Optional, but must be present if EDI Qual. Value is present.

Type the EDI location for the qualifier. The location consists of the EDI segment and position. For example, type N101. N1 refers to the segment and 01 refers to the field position.

EDI Qual. Value—Optional, but must be present if EDI Qual. Loc. is present.

Type a value for the EDI qualifier. For example, type ST.

EDI Location—Required if an EDI 888 document is used to populate custom field values (optional, if the UI used to populate values).

Type the EDI location (segment and position) that holds the value associated with this Product for a specific vendor/retailer relationship.

EDI Location from Header segment?—Optional. Select the check box to indicate that you want EDI Location (segment and position) to be determined by the Header level (not the Detail level).

Note: Use this check box for situations where there are two custom field definitions that both have the same EDI Location (for example, N104), but one custom field definition refers to the Header level and one refers to the Detail level. The custom definition that refers to the Header level has this check box selected.

Type—Required. From the drop-down list, select the data type for the value associated with this Product for a specific vendor/retailer relationship. The value resides in the location specified by EDI Location (for example, N102):

Text—Indicates that value is alphanumeric

Number—Indicates that the value is numeric

Length—Required. Type the maximum length for the value you want to associate with the Product.

Precision—If you selected Number in the Type field, enter the maximum number of digits that are allowed to the right of the decimal point for the value you want to associate with the Product. If the number is not a decimal, leave this field blank.

Supports multiline values—Optional. Select the check box to create a custom field definition that allows you to define multiple lines of custom field values for a single custom field definition.

Note: If the check box was originally selected and you clear it, a dialog box asks you to verify that you want to make the change. If you click OK and save your changes, you are effectively changing the custom field from supporting multiline values to only supporting a single value. This results in the deletion of all custom field values except the first one for each account, for all accounts in which the custom field definition is being used.

See “Using an EDI 888 Document to Populate Custom Field Values� for a more detailed explanation of how some of these fields are used.

5	Click Save.

The custom field definition is saved and displays in the table on the Custom Field Definitions tab.

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