Understanding Row Description Columns

When you create tabular sections, the system automatically includes a Description column in the section layout. The data in this column is based on the data sequencing fields that you define as level break fields. If you remove the Description column from the section layout, you can select it from the list of business view columns.

If the level break fields that are included in the Description column have data dictionary triggers attached, the system prints the description of the field in the Row Description column. Otherwise, the system prints the field value. For example, if you define company as a level break field and retrieve records for company 00001, the description of Financial Reporting Company appears in the Row Description column. This is because the company field has a trigger attached in data dictionary. If no trigger were attached to the company data dictionary field, the system would display the field value of 00001.

The Row Description column has special capability for level breaks that are associated with the Subledger, Cost Object, and Object Subsidiary fields. When a level break causes a change in one of these fields in a tabular section, the Description row automatically displays this information:

• Subledger and subledger type.

• Cost object and cost object type.

• Object subsidiary and object subsidiary type.