Changes Are Made to Business Objects

This release includes attribute additions as well as label and data-size changes.

New Business Object Attributes

The following business objects have been updated with new attributes.

Business Object New Attributes

Audit - General Payables Options
  • Allow overbilled quantity for quantity-based matches New
  • Allow overbilled quantity for quantity-based matches Old
  • Allow overbilling for amount-based matches New
  • Allow overbilling for amount-based matches Old

Audit - Item
  • Item Object Type New
  • Item Object Type Old

Audit - Item Structure Component
  • Find Number New
  • Find Number Old
  • Suggested Operation Sequence New
  • Suggested Operation Sequence Old

Audit - Manufacturer Items
  • Created From New
  • Created From Old

Audit - Person Allocated Checklist
  • AllocationMethod New
  • AllocationMethod Old
  • AllocationSource New
  • AllocationSource Old

Audit - RcvParametersAuditVO
  • Allow defaulting of lots and serial numbers from transfer order New
  • Allow defaulting of lots and serial numbers from transfer order Old

Attribute Name Changes

Business object attributes correspond to various business areas. In an effort to align the attribute labels shown in the Advanced Financial Controls business objects to labels defined in the corresponding application pages, some are updated.

Business Object

Old Attribute Names

New Attribute Names

Audit - Item
  • CreatedFromItemId Old
  • CreatedFromItemId New
  • CreatedFromRevisionId Old
  • CreatedFromRevisionId New
  • Created From Old
  • Created From New
  • Created from Revision Old
  • Created from Revision New

Audit - Person Contact
  • Primary contact Old
  • Primary contact New
  • Primary Contact Old
  • Primary Contact New

Attribute Type Changes

Each attribute in an object is defined as a specified type. When type changes occur, the use of the attribute in a filter or result attribute may or may not impact your existing control incidents.

The following attributes were updated from a long type to a string type in the audit object Audit - Item:

  • Created From Old
  • Created From New
  • Created from Revision Old
  • Created from Revision New

NOTE: If you use these attributes in your control results, your incidents may be impacted. The change may cause some to be closed and recreated for those attribute values previously truncated due to character length. Two delivered library content models use the Audit - Item object, but do not include the attributes in the control logic or results. The model controls using the business object include 60012: Additions and Deletions to Item Master and 60013: Updates to Item Master.

Updates to business objects with new attributes provide additional criteria for your controls, and those updated for audit maintain alignment to Manage Audit Policies data source.

Steps to Enable

When you use business objects that introduce new attributes, you must run the Transaction Data Source Synchronization job. Business objects with attribute changes require that the data synchronization job be run in order to return the related values. Depending upon the number of business objects you are using across models and controls, the data synchronization job may take a little longer than usual.

Tips And Considerations

For renamed attributes, you don't need to do anything to models or controls that reference these names. Just be aware they have changed.