2503206 - Extension Field Cannot be Added as OVS

Customer tried to configure in the UI Designer an extension fields of type "LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_EXTENDED_Text" as OVS and  getS the error message 'No editable Identifier available in the selected area'.

• SAP  Cloud for Customer
• SAP Business ByDesign
• SAP Cloud Applications Studio

1. Open the affceted screen (.uicomponent) using the UI Designer
2. Add the extension field to the view
3. Navigate to "Extensibility Explorer"
4. Click on button "Change ID-Field Configuration"
5. New pop up will appear with the following error message: 'No editable Identifier available in the selected area'

This happens because the extension field was configured as type " LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_EXTENDED_Text", but  this type of extension field cannot be configured as OVS.

1. Remove this field from the frontend first.
2. Change the field type from LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_EXTENDED_Text to type ID.
3. Then re-add this field to the UI designer via clicking 'Add Extension Field to Section Group'
4. Then configure this field as OVS via clicking 'Change ID-field Configuration' in the Extensibility Explorer

KBA , AP-RC-UIF-DT , UI Framework Designtime , Product Enhancement

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