PO Header level Descriptive Flexfields (DFF)

Question

Hi,
We would like to define different sets of DFFs on PO Header level based on different nature of Purchase Orders. For example:
Local Purchase Order (Cotton)
Import Purchase Order (Cotton)
Local Purchase Order (Chemicals)
Service Purchase Order (Processing)
Service Purchase Order (Cleaning)
Service Purchase Order (I.Technology)
The point is to capture different sets of information based on different Categories of purchases.
Our problem is that the PO Headers DFF is shared between RFQ, Quote and PO. Secondly, if we leave it on users to select the Context Value, there is a chance of selecting a wrong value.
Any solutions or suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Regards,
-- Ahmed

Answer 1

On DFF definition form set global variable as a Reference Field eg. global.XX_DOCTYPE.
Set Context field values set BLANKET, STANDARD, CONTRACT, PLANNED etc.
Then on you can set global.XX_DOCTYPE values using form personalization, eg:
Tab Actions:
Object type: Global Variable
Target Object: XX_DOCTYPE
Property Name: VALUE
Value: ${item.po_headers.TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE.value}
This solution is very flexible. We use different context for combinations of Operating Unit and Document Type.
To set values of global.MY_VARIABLE we make concatenation of profile option ORG_ID value and document type value.
I believe this will work in your scenario.
Marcin