Deploy Item Flexfields

After you associate attribute groups and pages with an item class, you must deploy flexfields in order to view the pages or attribute groups at runtime.

The metadata that was created for the attribute group isn't synchronized with the production data in Product Hub until the flexfield is deployed.

To deploy item flexfields:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Deploy Item Extensible Flexfields task:

   • Offering: Product Management

   • Functional Area: Items

   • Task: Deploy Item Extensible Flexfields

2. Search for the Flexfield Code value EGO_ITEM_EFF.

   All flexfields for Product Hub are created within the flexfield code EGO_ITEM_EFF.

3. Select the desired flexfield in the search result and choose a deployment option from the Actions menu:

   • Deploy Flexfield: Online incremental deployment. The deployment process begins immediately. Only the flexfield setup that changed is deployed.

   • Deploy Offline: Allows the deployment to be scheduled. The flexfields are deployed, one at a time, in the order that you deploy them to the queue. Because all Product Hub flexfields use the same flexfield code, the process deploys all of the attribute groups and attributes for all of the context usages at the same time. You can't select individual attribute groups or item classes for deployment. You should deploy offline if the flexfield changes impact 30 or more item classes.

   • Refresh and Deploy Offline: Use this option if the first two options result in errors.

     Note: You should only run this option if it's specifically recommended by Oracle support.

   To see the effects of these deployment options, you must sign out and sign back in.