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Activating the Field Using the Filter Functionality

This task is a step in Process of Updating Fields in an Existing Filter Definition File. After verifying the generic name of the field, you must activate the field in the filter definition file for the object using the filter functionality in Oracle JDeveloper.

To activate the field using the filter functionality

1. Start Oracle JDeveloper.
2. Select Edit, then Update Filter, and in the Update Filter File dialog that displays:
   1. Browse to the location of the filter that you want to update.
   2. Browse to the location of the WSDL file, which has the new field that you want to add to the filter file.
3. Click OK and in the dialog that displays, drag and drop the field that you want from the left pane into the right pane.
4. Click Finish.

   The filter now has the new field.

5. Save the file.
6. Validate the modified definition file.

   For more information, see Validating Configured Filter Definition Files.