Attributes

Use the Attributes tab (on a change type) to configure the visibility for trading partner reference attributes and to view the extensible flexfields defined for the change type.

Header Attributes

Configure the visibility for trading partner reference attributes such as Customer, Manufacturer, Supplier, and Source that appear on the General Information tab of a change. For each attribute, you can choose one of these visibility options:

• Blank: The attributes aren't visible for any user.

• Internal: The attributes are visible for users in Product Development, Product Information Management, and Quality Management work areas.
• Internal and External: The attributes are visible for internal and supplier portal users. The default value is blank.

Note: Although the 8D Corrective Action is a predefined change type, it's a child of the Corrective Action change type in the hierarchy. You can't directly edit the attribute visibility on the 8D Corrective Action type.

Attribute Groups

In the Attribute Groups section, you can view the extensible flexfields defined for the change type.

Although you can add and remove extensible flexfields to existing pages using the Attribute Groups section, you must use the Manage Extensible Flexfields task to add and remove them.

To create new pages to which you can add extensible flexfields, you must use the Manage Extensible Flexfields task. However, you must first create flexfields using either the Manage Change Attribute Groups and Attributes setup task or the Manage Contexts button on the Manage Extensible Flexfields task.

Here’s the recommended process to create and deploy flexfields:

• Access the Manage Extensible Flexfields task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. Search for the flexfield code EGO_CHANGE_EFF and edit Change Extended Attributes.

• Create extensible flexfields:

  Click Manage Contexts. On the Manage Contexts page, click Create.

  Here you create Contexts (Attribute Groups) and Segments (Attributes) that you can add to specific change types.
• Assign extensible flexfields:

  After saving and closing Manage Contexts, you can add flexfields to change types, save your changes, and assign the saved flexfields to a page you create on the Pages tab (so the attributes are visible in the UI). You can also remove flexfields. See the related topic for more information.

• Deploy extensible flexfields:

  After saving and closing your changes, click Deploy Flexfield. All additions, removals, or modifications of flexfields and flexfield pages must be deployed so that users can view and use them from the UI.

The Inherited column shows whether the flexfields are inherited.

The Associated Category column shows the change type for which the flexfields are defined.