Symptom
- How to change status of the MDF object instance/data?
- MDF object instance/data is Inactive - How to change status to Active?
Environment
- SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
- Metadata framework (MDF)
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Home-> Admin Centre -> Configure Object Definitions
- Click Advanced
- Set Including Actives = Yes
- Search = Object Definition -> Search for an object
- Click -> Take Action -> Make Correction
- Result: No status field is available for edit.
Cause
NA
Resolution
1. Admin Center>Configure Object Definitions
2. Search Object Definition> Object Definition
3. Take Action> Make Correction
4. mdfSystemStatus -> Click Details -> Set Visibility to EDITABLE.
5. Save
NOTE: This should not be done to standard pre delivered MDF objects. It can be done to custom MDF Objects in a calculated way when you wish to control the instances being active or inactive.
This can come to use when you are using a GO (Generic Object) type field on a custom MDF object and you want to control the values in the dropdown as per their status =Active/ Inactive.
See Also
2291530 - Details about system field "mdfSystemRecordStatus" present in MDF objects.
Keywords
mdf object, mdfSystemStatus, mdfsystemrecordstatus, editable, status, active, inactive, record, instance, data, MDF , KBA , LOD-SF-MDF-MGD , Manage Data - Create, Update & Delete , LOD-SF-MDF-OBJ , Object Definition & Field Related Issues , How To