Descriptive Flex Field - DFF
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Flexfield are made up with Attribute columns or Segment columns which are more flexible than the normal fields.
We have two types of flexfields
1) DFF (Descriptive Flex Field)
2) KFF (Key Flex Field)
DFF: DFF are used to capture the additional or extra Business information of the organization. DFF are used to add extra accounts, these are vary from one business to another business. All DFF columns are defined as Attribute Columns. All these columns are defined in the transaction table itself. There are around 5000+ DFF available with the package.
DFF have two different types of Segments
1. Global DFF
2. Context Sensitive DFF
Q: How to know that a form is having DFF?
Ans:
If the Form having the button with square brackets [ ] then we can say that the form is having DFF. A form can have multiple DFF but a Block can have only one DFF. To reference a DFF use Block_Name.DFF_Name.