Editing a Business Object

Procedure

To edit a business object in the approval workflow group:

  1. From the Admin menu, select A and then click Approval Workflow Group.
    The Approval Workflow Group screen appears.
  2. Search for an approval workflow group in the Search Approval Workflow Group zone.
  3. In the Search Results section, click the link in the Description column corresponding to the approval workflow group whose details you want to edit.
  4. The Approval Workflow Group zone appears. Click the Edit button from Record Action sections.

    The Approval Workflow Group screen appears. It contains the following sections:

    • Main - Used to specify the basic details of the approval workflow group.

    • Business Objects and Group BO Relation - Used to specify the fields that allow to define business objects and link them with the approval workflow group

    The Business Objects and Group BO Relation section contains following fields:
    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Business Object Displays the Business Object Code that is included in the Approval Workflow Group. Yes
    Reference ID 1 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use as criteria for searching approval workflow groups. No
    Reference ID 2 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use as criteria for searching approval workflow groups. No
    Reference ID 3 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use as criteria for searching approval workflow groups. No
    Reference ID 4 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use as criteria for searching approval workflow groups. No
    Reference Foreign Key 1 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    Reference Foreign Key 2 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    Reference Foreign Key 3 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    Reference Foreign Key 4 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    Reference Foreign Key 5 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    Reference Foreign Key 6 Displays the XPATH key of the field in the business object that you want to use for validating whether duplicate approval transaction exists in the system. No
    List Indicates whether the group contains one or multiple instance of the business object. For example, if you want to create a group that contains multiple account objects, you need to set this flag for the Account BO to True. If you want to create a group that contains single instance of the business object, you must set this flag for the business object to False. Yes
    Parent Business Object Used to specify the parent business object. This should be one of the business objects within the group. No
    From Key Display the XPATH key of the field or list of fields in the parent business object. No
    To Key Display the XPATH key of the field or list of fields in the current business object. No
    Note: You can search for a business object or parent business object by clicking the Search (The Search Icon) icon placed corresponding to the Business Object and Parent Business Object field.
  5. If you want to define more than one business object or parent object for the approval workflow group, click the Add (The Add Icon) icon placed corresponding to the field.
  6. Enter the required details in Main and Business Objects and Group BO Relation sections.
  7. Click Save.
    The changes made to the business object in approval workflow group are saved.
Note: When you change business objects in an approval workflow group, you need to regenerate the Input and Display UI maps by clicking the Regenerate UI Maps (The Regenerate UI Maps Icon) icon corresponding to the group in the Approval Workflow Settings screen. You must do this when you are using automatically generated UI maps, and not otherwise.

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Approval Workflow Group screen Approval Workflow Group (Used for Searching)
Approval Workflow Group zone Search Approval Workflow Group
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