Understanding Extended Data

Occasionally, you may need to download additional information for which no specific fields exist in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system. The extended data feature enables you to download and integrate user-defined data with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system.

You can use extended data to:

• Update specified extended data with line items from templates.

• Refresh existing data with template changes, such as additions and deletions.

• Update the Maintain Extended Data Headings form with column heading overrides.

• Add data items on custom forms and reports.

• Interface with the closing worksheet.

• Interface with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management system.

  Note: You must set up extended data if you use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management system.

  See Setting Up Extended Data to Interface with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Service Management.

Extended data can include dates, amounts, numbers, memos, address book entries, text, and category codes to be used for maintenance and query tasks. You can download additional data that is specific to any of these seven data types on the Select Extended Data Type form:

• AR: Area

• CM: Community

• LT: Lot

• OP: Option

• PH: Phase

• PL: Plan

• SL: Sales

After you select a data type, you must add an extended data key from the Select Extended Data Key form.

For example, assume that you want to track additional deposit dates and amounts that do not exist in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Homebuilder Management system. You would add a new UDC data key for deposits to the sales data type, SL, and create a new template to track multiple deposit amounts with corresponding dates. Finally, you would identify the data elements that you want to use to track the extended data. To track the deposits, for example, use the Maintain Extended Data Headings form to customize heading descriptions and to exclude data elements that are not required.