Symptom
You are trying to activate a Custom OWL(Object Work List) in UI Designer and it getting an exception.
This exception says: Field Transformation ABCDE(ABCDE stands for the field transformation's name) Invalid Transformation Definition Name Missing
Environment
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SAP Cloud Applications Studio - all versions
- SAP Cloud for Customer - all versions
- SAP Business ByDesign - all versions
Reproducing the Issue
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Open the OWL in UI Designer
- Click on Save and Activate
- You will get an exception saying "Field Transformation Invalid Transformation Definition Name Missing"
Cause
This exception is raised because the Field Transformation mentioned does not have a Description set.
Resolution
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Open the OWL in UI Designer
- Switch to the Controller tab
- Expand Field Transformations folder
- Select the Field Transformation you got in the exception
- You will see the field Description is empty
- Add a Description for this Field Transformation
- You may be able to Save and Activate this OWL without issues.
Keywords
UI; Designer; SDK; OWL; Field; Transformation; Definition; , KBA , AP-RC-UIF-DT , UI Framework Designtime , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud Applications Studio all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions