SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3190580 - Extension fields added in a custom node under XBO are not available to be enhanced to standard forms or reports

Symptom

You have added an extension field to a custom node from an extended business object but the fields cannot be enhanced to a form or report.

Environment

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

Reproducing the Issue

Pre-requisites: You have created an extension field under a custom node from an extended business object (.XBO) in your solution.

  1. Login to Cloud Applications Studio.
  2. Open the custom solution.
  3. Right click on affected XBO file.
  4. Switch on admin mode.
  5. Click on Enhance Form or Enhance Data Source options.
  6. The custom node field cannot be selected.

Cause

Extension fields added in a custom node under an extended business object (.XBO) will not be available on enhanced report (data source) or form.

Resolution

You would need to add the extension field on another standard BO node which is extensible.

Keywords

SDK, PDI, enhance, form, report, extension, fields, not, availble, missing , KBA , AP-RC-BDS-EXT , ByDesign Studio Extensibility , AP-RC-BDS-ANA , ByDesign Studio Analytics , AP-RC-BDS-OM , ByDesign Studio Output Management(Forms) , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2022 ; SAP Cloud Applications Studio all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions