Notes on Extensible Flexfields

Review this section for technical notes on extensible flexfields.

• Do not configure the expand and fields parameters for the layout in the Layout Designer. The EFF layout may not function as expected on download. EFF layouts use the expand parameter with a value of "all" to retrieve EFF records and child (extended attribute) records in a single request on download.
• Do not enable Retrieve Descendant Rows in Single Payload from the Advanced tab of the Layout Designer. EFF download is not compatible with this feature because of the layout's use of the expand parameter.
• An EFF business object must be bound to its own separate layout. It cannot be included in its parent layout as descriptive flexfields (DFF) are.
• It is not possible to limit the EFF contexts (child business objects). All contexts will be included in the EFF layout.
• The relationship between the EFF business object and the child extended attribute business objects must be one to one. One-to-many children will be ignored by the add-in.
• If your workbook was created using an earlier version of the add-in, refresh the metadata to retrieve the full set required to work with EFF business objects. See Refresh Polymorphic Business Object Metadata.