Creating a Field

Introduction

A Field represents a unique data point that can be populated with a value. A Field, irrespective of its Field Type, is always part of a Field Group. Field Types like Object, Array or List can be a Parent to a collection of other Fields. All Array or List Field Type have a Child Field of Object Field Type. The Object Field Type can have collection of other Fields. You can define custom formats unique to your business processing. Once defined, these formats can be used across fields in multiple communications through Content Components. You can easily transform a Field's data. Iteration is done on Document, Layout or Content, based on the occurrences of data for Array or List Field Types. Use Field Iteration for ordering data of an Array or List Field Type. Use Field Transform to transform provided data to produce a new data like concatenated Fields data or multiplication output of some Fields data and more.

For example - At the end of every month, your financial institution sends all Account Holders an email depicting a sum of total credit and debit transactions conducted by them during the month. You can create a Summation Field of Field Type Number that belongs to the Calculations Field Group. For Summation Field you can configure Field Transform of Transform Type Addition. You can associate the Fields whose sum you want to generate and display the Summation field value in the emails.

Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisites to consider before creating a Field configuration in Communication Cloud Service:

Note:

Ensure that you complete the prerequisites before proceeding.
Prerequisites Details
Set the Config ID Config ID must be Active.

Ensure that all dependent configurations and associations are part of the same open Config ID.

See Creating Config ID for creating a Config ID.
Configure Entitlements Ensure that you have the required entitlements to create a Field.
Create Field Group configuration Ensure that you have created the Field Group configuration that needs to be associated to the Field configuration.

See Creating a Field Group for more details.

Create Field configuration Ensure that you have created the required Field configurations that needs to be associated as Field (Parent) to the Field configuration or as Field to the Field Iteration and/or Field Transform configurations. It is optional.

Steps involved in creating a Field

  1. Creating a Field
  2. Creating a Field Iteration (Optional)
  3. Creating a Field Transform (Optional)

Step 1 - Creating a Field

To create a Field, follow these steps:
  1. Access the Oracle Financial Services Cloud application.
  2. From Menu, select Configuration.
  3. Under Configuration, select Data and then select Field.
  4. On the Field landing page, select Create.
  5. In Basic Information section, enter the Name, Long Name and Description (optional), to identify the Field.

    Note:

    You can create multiple Fields with the same name but associated to different Field Group or different Field (Parent).
  6. In Field Data section:
    1. select a Field Type. This identifies the type of the Field.
    2. select Required to indicate if the field must be populated with a value. By default, Required is set to True.
    3. Based on the Field Type selected, more data fields/section maybe displayed as stated below:
      Field Type Field/Section Displayed Description
      Boolean Default Value The value entered here will be used if no other value is provided in the field. It is optional.
      Examples of Default Value for different Field Types:
      • Field Type Boolean - Default Value = True.
      • Field Type Date - Default Value = 2025-08-15.
      • Field Type DateTime - Default Value = 2025-08-04T00:00:00.000
      • Field Type Number - Default Value = 5.
      • Field Type String - Default Value = User ID - 80593
      Date
      DateTime
      Number
      String
      File File Type It indicates the type of file that this field represents. You can select either Image or PDF.
      Array Field (Child) This section will list all Child Fields associated to the Parent Field. You can arrange the listed Child Fields in a sequence.
      List
      Object
  7. In Field Group section, select Add Field Group and then select the Field Group that you want to associate to the Field.
  8. In Field (Parent) section, select Add Field (Parent) and then select the Field that you want to associate as a parent for this Field. Field (Parent) could be of Field Type Object, Array or List. Field (Parent) association is optional.
  9. In Status section, the Active Date is set to the current date when the Field is created. You can change it to a future date if required.
  10. Select Save to save the details and stay on this page, or select Save & Continue to save the details and view the Create Field Iteration and/or Create Field Transform page depending on the Field Type selected.

    Note:

    Once a Field configuration is saved you cannot change the Field Type selected in the Field Data section.

Step 2 - Creating a Field Iteration (Optional)

Field Iteration represents a sort order for the output of data in Field Type Array or List to which it belongs. Field Iteration is done on Document/Layout/Content, based on the occurrences of data in Array or List Field Types. One or more Iterations can be added to an Array or List Field Type to define possible sorting orders. It is optional to configure a Field Iteration.

If you want to skip Field Iteration configuration, select Skip & Continue. You will be redirected to Create Field Transform page.

To create a Field Iteration configuration, follow these steps:
  1. On the Create Field Iteration page, in Basic Information section, enter the Name, Long Name and Description (optional), to identify the Field Iteration.
  2. In Field section, select Add Field and then select the Field that you want to associate to the Field Iteration. This associated Field should be Child Field of the current Field of Field Type Array/List. You can sequence the associated Fields in Ascending/Descending order.

    Note:

    You can only associate a Field of Field Type String, Boolean, Number, Date or DateTime.
  3. In Status section, the Active Date is set to the current date when the Field Iteration is created. You can change it to a future date if required.
  4. Select Save to save the details and stay on this page or select Save & Continue to view the Create Field Transform page.
  5. If you selected Save in the previous step, select Skip & Continue or select Transform from the left navigation to view the Create Field Transform page.

Step 3 - Creating a Field Transform (Optional)

Field Transform allows you to manipulate data to produce new data. For all Field Types, it is optional to configure Field Transform.

If you want to skip Field Transform configuration, select Skip & Exit. You will return to the Field landing page.

To create a Field Transform configuration, follow these steps:
  1. On the Create Field Transform page, in Basic Information section, enter the Name, Long Name and Description (optional), to identify the Field Transform.
  2. In Transform Property section, select a Transform Type. This identifies and defines the behavior of the Field Transform configuration.
  3. Based on the Transform Type selected, you may have to enter/select data or add some associations in the Field Associations section as stated in the table below:
    Transform Type Field/Association Steps
    Addition Addend Select Add and then select the Fields of Field Type Array/List/Number that you want to associate.
    Addend Descendant Select Add and then select the Fields of Field Type Number that you want to associate. This Field should be a descendant of the Array/List Field whose value is used to calculate the Sum. Required for any Addend of type Array or List. One per Array or List Addend. This is optional.
    Concatenation Separator Enter a String value to be used for concatenation of associated Input Fields. This is optional.
    Input Select Add and then select the Fields of Field Type Number/String/Date/DateTime that you want to associate. All values will be converted to String before combining.
    Modulus Dividend Select Add and then select the Field of Field Type Number that you want to associate. This represents the value to be divided.
    Divisor Select Add and then select the Field of Field Type Number that you want to associate. This represents the value by which the Dividend will be divided.
    Multiplication Factor Select Add and then select the Fields of Field Type Number that you want to associate.
    Subtraction Minuend Select Add and then select the Field of Field Type Number that you want to associate. This represents the value from which the Subtrahend will be removed.
    Subtrahend Select Add and then select the Field of Field Type Number that you want to associate. This represents the value to be removed from the Minuend.
  4. Select Save to save the details and stay on this page, or select Save & Exit to save the details and return to the Field landing page.
  5. If you selected Save in the previous step, select Skip & Exit to return to the Field landing page.

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