Symptom
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'.
Environment
- SAP Cloud for Customer
- SAP Business ByDesign
- SAP Cloud Applications Studio
Reproducing the Issue
- Open the affceted screen (.uicomponent) using the UI Designer
- Add the extension field to the view
- Navigate to "Extensibility Explorer"
- Click on button "Change ID-Field Configuration"
- New pop up will appear with the following error message: 'No editable Identifier available in the selected area'
Cause
This happens because the extension field was configured as type " LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_EXTENDED_Text", but this type of extension field cannot be configured as OVS.
Resolution
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
Keywords
KBA , AP-RC-UIF-DT , UI Framework Designtime , Product Enhancement