3040937 - Error: UI Designer has caught an exception. XRepositoryException (4)Element [ABC] is transient but has no valuation source, hence it cannot be resolved [BO/node: [BO /Node]

The customer reports the following error when binding a standard BO element/field to the UI data model or when activating their screen:

• UI Designer has caught an exception. XRepositoryException (4)Element 'FORMATTED_NAME' is transient but has no valuation source, hence it cannot be resolved [BO/node: IDENTITY/ROOT]
• The usage of this BO entity is not allowed in mode 'UI': 'Element 'FORMATTED_NAME' is transient but has no valuation source, hence it cannot be resolved [BO/node: IDENTITY/ROOT]'
• SADL View generation failed
• An exception was raised

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

1. Bind the UI data field to the standard BO field
2. Activate the screen
3. Error Appears 
4. Open the SADL Query - You will see the field in the error message is checked in the result set. 

In this example, the field FormattedName should have the "Result" checkbox removed:

 

The error happens because a UI data model field is bound to a transient field and is used in a SADL query.
A transient field can never be used in a SADL Query as it will have no value on loading.

To resolve the issue, the field should be unchecked from the result column in the SADL Query.

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