Create Descriptive Flexfield Structure

All,
I am wondering if it is possbile to create a descriptive flexfield structure to be added to a form flexfield instead of having the flexfields segments added seperately.
Example:
Currently:
Flexfield 1 Yes
Flexfield 2 Yes
Flexfield 3 Yes
Flexfield 4 No
Desired:
Flexfield 1 Yes
Flexfield 2 Yes.Yes.No
Thanks in advanced!
Brenda

Try specifying a view name in the structure and see what information it gives You after compiling. I tried a while back, I guess with 11.5.7 but it gave me an error regarding the application at which the base table was registered and DFV view creation failed.

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